207NS0135X — Procedural Dermatology Physician

Grouping

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians

Classification

Dermatology

Specialization

Procedural Dermatology

Section

Individual

Definition

Procedural Dermatology, a subspecialty of Dermatology, encompassing a wide variety of surgical procedures and methods to remove or modify skin tissue for health or cosmetic benefit. These methods include scalpel surgery, laser surgery, chemical surgery, cryosurgery (liquid nitrogen), electrosurgery, aspiration surgery, liposuction, injection of filler substances, and Mohs micrographic controlled surgery (a special technique for the removal of growths, especially skin cancers).

NUCC’s own wording, not a paraphrase.

Other codes under Dermatology

These are the codes a mis-selection most often lands on, because they share a classification and differ only by specialisation.

• 207N00000XDermatology
• 207ND0101XMOHS-Micrographic Surgery
• 207ND0900XDermatopathology
• 207NI0002XClinical & Laboratory Dermatological Immunology
• 207NP0225XPediatric Dermatology