208200000X — Plastic Surgery Physician
- Grouping
- Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
- Classification
- Plastic Surgery
- Specialization
- None — this code IS the classification
- Section
- Individual
Definition
A plastic surgeon deals with the repair, reconstruction or replacement of physical defects of form or function involving the skin, musculoskeletal system, craniomaxillofacial structures, hand, extremities, breast and trunk and external genitalia or cosmetic enhancement of these areas of the body. Cosmetic surgery is an essential component of plastic surgery. The plastic surgeon uses cosmetic surgical principles to both improve overall appearance and to optimize the outcome of reconstructive procedures. The surgeon uses aesthetic surgical principles not only to improve undesirable qualities of normal structures but in all reconstructive procedures as well.
NUCC’s own wording, not a paraphrase.
Other codes under Plastic Surgery
These are the codes a mis-selection most often lands on, because they share a classification and differ only by specialisation.
- 2082S0099XPlastic Surgery Within the Head and Neck
- 2082S0105XSurgery of the Hand