207QS0010X — Sports Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician
- Grouping
- Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
- Classification
- Family Medicine
- Specialization
- Sports Medicine
- Section
- Individual
Definition
A family medicine physician that is trained to be responsible for continuous care in the field of sports medicine, not only for the enhancement of health and fitness, but also for the prevention of injury and illness. A sports medicine physician must have knowledge and experience in the promotion of wellness and the prevention of injury. Knowledge about special areas of medicine such as exercise physiology, biomechanics, nutrition, psychology, physical rehabilitation, epidemiology, physical evaluation, injuries (treatment and prevention and referral practice) and the role of exercise in promoting a healthy lifestyle are essential to the practice of sports medicine. The sports medicine physician requires special education to provide the knowledge to improve the health care of the individual engaged in physical exercise (sports) whether as an individual or in team participation.
NUCC’s own wording, not a paraphrase.
Other codes under Family Medicine
These are the codes a mis-selection most often lands on, because they share a classification and differ only by specialisation.
- 207Q00000XFamily Medicine
- 207QA0000XAdolescent Medicine
- 207QA0401XAddiction Medicine
- 207QA0505XAdult Medicine
- 207QB0002XObesity Medicine
- 207QD0401XDiabetology
- 207QG0300XGeriatric Medicine
- 207QH0002XHospice and Palliative Medicine
- 207QP0002XPhysician Nutrition Specialist
- 207QS1201XSleep Medicine