2082S0099X — Plastic Surgery Within the Head and Neck (Plastic Surgery) Physician

Grouping

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians

Classification

Plastic Surgery

Specialization

Plastic Surgery Within the Head and Neck

Section

Individual

Definition

A plastic surgeon with additional training in plastic and reconstructive procedures within the head, face, neck and associated structures, including cutaneous head and neck oncology and reconstruction, management of maxillofacial trauma, soft tissue repair and neural surgery. The field is diverse and involves a wide age range of patients, from the newborn to the aged. While both cosmetic and reconstructive surgery is practiced, there are many additional procedures which interface with them.

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.

• 208200000XPlastic Surgery
• 2082S0105XSurgery of the Hand