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2081S0010X

2081S0010X — Sports Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician

Grouping
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Specialization
Sports Medicine
Section
Individual

Definition

A physician who specializes in Sports Medicine is responsible for continuous care related to the enhancement of health and fitness as well as the prevention of injury and illness. The specialist possesses knowledge and experience in the promotion of wellness and the prevention of injury from many areas of medicine such as exercise physiology, biomechanics, nutrition, psychology, physical rehabilitation, epidemiology, physical evaluation and injuries. It is the goal of a Sports Medicine specialist to improve the healthcare of the individual engaged in physical exercise.

NUCC’s own wording, not a paraphrase.

Other codes under Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

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

NUCC taxonomy25.1