2278P4000X — Patient Transport Certified Respiratory Therapist

Grouping

Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers

Classification

Respiratory Therapist, Certified

Specialization

Patient Transport

Section

Individual

Definition

Transport respiratory therapist provide patient assessment, initiation of treatment modalities and continued monitoring of patient status of the critically ill and injured patients with special attention to advanced airway and ventilator management. The transport respiratory therapist knowledge and experience with complex neonatal, pediatric and adult patient care issues provides them with an expertise to assist with any patient care issue in a variety of transport modes.

NUCC’s own wording, not a paraphrase.

Other codes under Respiratory Therapist, Certified

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

• 227800000XRespiratory Therapist, Certified
• 2278C0205XCritical Care
• 2278E0002XEmergency Care
• 2278E1000XEducational
• 2278G0305XGeriatric Care
• 2278G1100XGeneral Care
• 2278H0200XHome Health
• 2278P1004XPulmonary Diagnostics
• 2278P1005XPulmonary Rehabilitation
• 2278P1006XPulmonary Function Technologist
• 2278P3800XPalliative/Hospice
• 2278P3900XNeonatal/Pediatrics
• 2278S1500XSNF/Subacute Care