207XS0117X — Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician

Grouping

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians

Classification

Orthopaedic Surgery

Specialization

Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine

Section

Individual

Definition

Recognized by several state medical boards as a fellowship subspecialty program of orthopaedic surgery, orthopaedic surgeons of the spine deal with the evaluation and nonoperative and operative treatment of the full spectrum of primary spinal disorders including trauma, degenerative, deformity, tumor, and reconstructive.

NUCC’s own wording, not a paraphrase.

Other codes under Orthopaedic Surgery

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

• 207X00000XOrthopaedic Surgery
• 207XP3100XPediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
• 207XS0106XHand Surgery
• 207XS0114XAdult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery
• 207XX0004XFoot and Ankle Surgery
• 207XX0005XSports Medicine
• 207XX0801XOrthopaedic Trauma