207ZB0001X — Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine Physician

Grouping

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians

Classification

Pathology

Specialization

Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine

Section

Individual

Definition

A physician who specializes in blood banking/transfusion medicine is responsible for the maintenance of an adequate blood supply, blood donor and patient-recipient safety and appropriate blood utilization. Pre-transfusion compatibility testing and antibody testing assure that blood transfusions, when indicated, are as safe as possible. This physician directs the preparation and safe use of specially prepared blood components, including red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets and plasma constituents, and marrow or stem cells for transplantation.

NUCC’s own wording, not a paraphrase.

Other codes under Pathology

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

• 207ZC0006XClinical Pathology
• 207ZC0008XClinical Informatics
• 207ZC0500XCytopathology
• 207ZD0900XDermatopathology
• 207ZF0201XForensic Pathology
• 207ZH0000XHematology
• 207ZI0100XImmunopathology
• 207ZM0300XMedical Microbiology
• 207ZN0500XNeuropathology
• 207ZP0007XMolecular Genetic Pathology
• 207ZP0101XAnatomic Pathology
• 207ZP0102XAnatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
• 207ZP0104XChemical Pathology
• 207ZP0105XClinical Pathology/Laboratory Medicine
• 207ZP0213XPediatric Pathology