207ZP0105X — Clinical Pathology/Laboratory Medicine Physician

Grouping

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians

Classification

Pathology

Specialization

Clinical Pathology/Laboratory Medicine

Section

Individual

Definition

A pathologist deals with the causes and nature of disease and contributes to diagnosis, prognosis and treatment through knowledge gained by the laboratory application of the biologic, chemical and physical sciences. A pathologist uses information gathered from the microscopic examination of tissue specimens, cells and body fluids, and from clinical laboratory tests on body fluids and secretions for the diagnosis, exclusion and monitoring of disease.

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
• 207ZM0300XMedical Microbiology
• 207ZN0500XNeuropathology
• 207ZP0007XMolecular Genetic Pathology
• 207ZP0101XAnatomic Pathology
• 207ZP0102XAnatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
• 207ZP0104XChemical Pathology
• 207ZP0213XPediatric Pathology