2080P0203X — Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Physician

Grouping

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians

Classification

Pediatrics

Specialization

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Section

Individual

Definition

A pediatrician expert in advanced life support for children from the term or near-term neonate to the adolescent. This competence extends to the critical care management of life-threatening organ system failure from any cause in both medical and surgical patients and to the support of vital physiological functions. This specialist may have administrative responsibilities for intensive care units and also facilitates patient care among other specialists.

NUCC’s own wording, not a paraphrase.

Other codes under Pediatrics

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

• 208000000XPediatrics
• 2080A0000XAdolescent Medicine
• 2080B0002XObesity Medicine
• 2080C0008XChild Abuse Pediatrics
• 2080H0002XHospice and Palliative Medicine
• 2080I0007XClinical & Laboratory Immunology
• 2080N0001XNeonatal-Perinatal Medicine
• 2080P0006XDevelopmental - Behavioral Pediatrics
• 2080P0008XNeurodevelopmental Disabilities
• 2080P0201XPediatric Allergy/Immunology
• 2080P0202XPediatric Cardiology
• 2080P0204XPediatric Emergency Medicine
• 2080P0205XPediatric Endocrinology
• 2080P0206XPediatric Gastroenterology
• 2080P0207XPediatric Hematology-Oncology
• 2080P0208XPediatric Infectious Diseases
• 2080P0210XPediatric Nephrology
• 2080P0214XPediatric Pulmonology
• 2080P0216XPediatric Rheumatology
• 2080P1004XPhysician Nutrition Specialist
• 2080S0010XSports Medicine
• 2080S0012XSleep Medicine
• 2080T0002XMedical Toxicology
• 2080T0004XPediatric Transplant Hepatology