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2084S0012X

2084S0012XSleep Medicine (Psychiatry & Neurology) Physician

Grouping
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification
Psychiatry & Neurology
Specialization
Sleep Medicine
Section
Individual

Definition

A Psychiatrist or Neurologist who practices Sleep Medicine is certified in the subspecialty of sleep medicine and specializes in the clinical assessment, physiologic testing, diagnosis, management and prevention of sleep and circadian rhythm disorders. Sleep specialists treat patients of any age and use multidisciplinary approaches. Disorders managed by sleep specialists include, but are not limited to, sleep related breathing disorders, insomnia, hypersomnias, circadian rhythm sleep disorders, parasomnias and sleep related movement disorders.

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.

NUCC taxonomy25.1