2279P4000X — Patient Transport Registered Respiratory Therapist

Grouping

Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers

Classification

Respiratory Therapist, Registered

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, Registered

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

• 227900000XRespiratory Therapist, Registered
• 2279C0205XCritical Care
• 2279E0002XEmergency Care
• 2279E1000XEducational
• 2279G0305XGeriatric Care
• 2279G1100XGeneral Care
• 2279H0200XHome Health
• 2279P1004XPulmonary Diagnostics
• 2279P1005XPulmonary Rehabilitation
• 2279P1006XPulmonary Function Technologist
• 2279P3800XPalliative/Hospice
• 2279P3900XNeonatal/Pediatrics
• 2279S1500XSNF/Subacute Care