207QS1201X — Sleep Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician

Grouping

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians

Classification

Family Medicine

Specialization

Sleep Medicine

Section

Individual

Definition

A Family Medicine Physician who practices Sleep Medicine is certified in the subspecialty of sleep medicine and specializes in the clinical assessment, physiologic testing, diagnosis, management and prevention of sleep and circadian rhythm disorders. Sleep specialists treat patients of any age and use multidisciplinary approaches. Disorders managed by sleep specialists include, but are not limited to, sleep related breathing disorders, insomnia, hypersomnias, circadian rhythm sleep disorders, parasomnias and sleep related movement disorders.

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
• 207QS0010XSports Medicine