207Y00000X — Otolaryngology Physician
- Grouping
- Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
- Classification
- Otolaryngology
- Specialization
- None — this code IS the classification
- Section
- Individual
Definition
An otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeon provides comprehensive medical and surgical care for patients with diseases and disorders that affect the ears, nose, throat, the respiratory and upper alimentary systems and related structures of the head and neck. An otolaryngologist diagnoses and provides medical and/or surgical therapy or prevention of diseases, allergies, neoplasms, deformities, disorders and/or injuries of the ears, nose, sinuses, throat, respiratory and upper alimentary systems, face, jaws and the other head and neck systems. Head and neck oncology, facial plastic and reconstructive surgery and the treatment of disorders of hearing and voice are fundamental areas of expertise.
NUCC’s own wording, not a paraphrase.
Other codes under Otolaryngology
These are the codes a mis-selection most often lands on, because they share a classification and differ only by specialisation.
- 207YP0228XPediatric Otolaryngology
- 207YS0012XSleep Medicine
- 207YS0123XFacial Plastic Surgery
- 207YX0007XPlastic Surgery within the Head & Neck
- 207YX0602XOtolaryngic Allergy
- 207YX0901XOtology & Neurotology
- 207YX0905XOtolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery