208800000X
208800000X: Urology Physician
- Grouping
- Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
- Classification
- Urology
- Specialization
- None: this code IS the classification
- Section
- Individual
Definition
A urologist manages benign and malignant medical and surgical disorders of the genitourinary system and the adrenal gland. This specialist has comprehensive knowledge of and skills in endoscopic, percutaneous and open surgery of congenital and acquired conditions of the urinary and reproductive systems and their contiguous structures.
NUCC’s own wording, not a paraphrase.
Other codes under Urology
These are the codes a mis-selection most often lands on, because they share a classification and differ only by specialization.
- 2088F0040XUrogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
- 2088P0231XPediatric Urology