207ZN0500X — Neuropathology Physician

Grouping

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians

Classification

Pathology

Specialization

Neuropathology

Section

Individual

Definition

A neuropathologist is expert in the diagnosis of diseases of the nervous system and skeletal muscles and functions as a consultant primarily to neurologists and neurosurgeons. The neuropathologist is knowledgeable in the infirmities of humans as they affect the nervous and neuromuscular systems, be they degenerative, infectious, metabolic, immunologic, neoplastic, vascular or physical in nature.

NUCC’s own wording, not a paraphrase.

Other codes under Pathology

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

• 207ZB0001XBlood Banking & Transfusion Medicine
• 207ZC0006XClinical Pathology
• 207ZC0008XClinical Informatics
• 207ZC0500XCytopathology
• 207ZD0900XDermatopathology
• 207ZF0201XForensic Pathology
• 207ZH0000XHematology
• 207ZI0100XImmunopathology
• 207ZM0300XMedical Microbiology
• 207ZP0007XMolecular Genetic Pathology
• 207ZP0101XAnatomic Pathology
• 207ZP0102XAnatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
• 207ZP0104XChemical Pathology
• 207ZP0105XClinical Pathology/Laboratory Medicine
• 207ZP0213XPediatric Pathology