207QG0300X
207QG0300X — Geriatric Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician
- Grouping
- Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
- Classification
- Family Medicine
- Specialization
- Geriatric Medicine
- Section
- Individual
Definition
A family medicine physician with special knowledge of the aging process and special skills in the diagnostic, therapeutic, preventive and rehabilitative aspects of illness in the elderly. This specialist cares for geriatric patients in the patient's home, the office, long-term care settings such as nursing homes, and the hospital.
NUCC’s own wording, not a paraphrase.
Other codes under Family Medicine
These are the codes a mis-selection most often lands on, because they share a classification and differ only by specialisation.
- 207Q00000XFamily Medicine
- 207QA0000XAdolescent Medicine
- 207QA0401XAddiction Medicine
- 207QA0505XAdult Medicine
- 207QB0002XObesity Medicine
- 207QD0401XDiabetology
- 207QH0002XHospice and Palliative Medicine
- 207QP0002XPhysician Nutrition Specialist
- 207QS0010XSports Medicine
- 207QS1201XSleep Medicine