2084P0805X — Geriatric Psychiatry Physician

Grouping

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians

Classification

Psychiatry & Neurology

Specialization

Geriatric Psychiatry

Section

Individual

Definition

Geriatric Psychiatry is a subspecialty with psychiatric expertise in prevention, evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional disorders in the elderly, and improvement of psychiatric care for healthy and ill elderly patients.

NUCC’s own wording, not a paraphrase.

Other codes under Psychiatry & Neurology

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

• 2084A0401XAddiction Medicine
• 2084A2900XNeurocritical Care
• 2084B0002XObesity Medicine
• 2084B0040XBehavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry
• 2084D0003XDiagnostic Neuroimaging
• 2084E0001XEpilepsy
• 2084F0202XForensic Psychiatry
• 2084H0002XHospice and Palliative Medicine
• 2084N0008XNeuromuscular Medicine
• 2084N0400XNeurology
• 2084N0402XNeurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology
• 2084N0600XClinical Neurophysiology
• 2084P0005XNeurodevelopmental Disabilities
• 2084P0015XPsychosomatic Medicine
• 2084P0301XBrain Injury Medicine
• 2084P0800XPsychiatry
• 2084P0802XAddiction Psychiatry
• 2084P0804XChild & Adolescent Psychiatry
• 2084P2900XPain Medicine
• 2084S0010XSports Medicine
• 2084S0012XSleep Medicine
• 2084V0102XVascular Neurology