207ZP0104X — Chemical Pathology Physician

Grouping

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians

Classification

Pathology

Specialization

Chemical Pathology

Section

Individual

Definition

A chemical pathologist has expertise in the biochemistry of the human body as it applies to the understanding of the cause and progress of disease. This physician functions as a clinical consultant in the diagnosis and treatment of human disease. Chemical pathology entails the application of biochemical data to the detection, confirmation or monitoring of disease.

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
• 207ZN0500XNeuropathology
• 207ZP0007XMolecular Genetic Pathology
• 207ZP0101XAnatomic Pathology
• 207ZP0102XAnatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
• 207ZP0105XClinical Pathology/Laboratory Medicine
• 207ZP0213XPediatric Pathology