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207RH0002X

207RH0002X — Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician

Grouping
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification
Internal Medicine
Specialization
Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Section
Individual

Definition

An internal medicine physician with special knowledge and skills to prevent and relieve the suffering experienced by patients with life-limiting illnesses. This specialist works with an interdisciplinary hospice or palliative care team to maximize quality of life while addressing physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs of both patient and family throughout the course of the disease, through the dying process, and beyond for the family. This specialist has expertise in the assessment of patients with advanced disease; the relief of distressing symptoms; the coordination of interdisciplinary patient and family-centered care in diverse venues; the use of specialized care systems including hospice; the management of the imminently dying patient; and legal and ethical decision making in end-of-life care.

NUCC’s own wording, not a paraphrase.

Other codes under Internal Medicine

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

NUCC taxonomy25.1