207ZM0300X — Medical Microbiology Physician

Grouping

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians

Classification

Pathology

Specialization

Medical Microbiology

Section

Individual

Definition

A medical microbiologist is expert in the isolation and identification of microbial agents that cause infectious disease. Viruses, bacteria and fungi, as well as parasites, are identified and, where possible, tested for susceptibility to appropriate antimicrobial agents.

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.

• 207ZB0001XBlood Banking & Transfusion Medicine
• 207ZC0006XClinical Pathology
• 207ZC0008XClinical Informatics
• 207ZC0500XCytopathology
• 207ZD0900XDermatopathology
• 207ZF0201XForensic Pathology
• 207ZH0000XHematology
• 207ZI0100XImmunopathology
• 207ZN0500XNeuropathology
• 207ZP0007XMolecular Genetic Pathology
• 207ZP0101XAnatomic Pathology
• 207ZP0102XAnatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
• 207ZP0104XChemical Pathology
• 207ZP0105XClinical Pathology/Laboratory Medicine
• 207ZP0213XPediatric Pathology