2081S0010X — Sports Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician

Grouping

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians

Classification

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Specialization

Sports Medicine

Section

Individual

Definition

A physician who specializes in Sports Medicine is responsible for continuous care related to the enhancement of health and fitness as well as the prevention of injury and illness. The specialist possesses knowledge and experience in the promotion of wellness and the prevention of injury from many areas of medicine such as exercise physiology, biomechanics, nutrition, psychology, physical rehabilitation, epidemiology, physical evaluation and injuries. It is the goal of a Sports Medicine specialist to improve the healthcare of the individual engaged in physical exercise.

NUCC’s own wording, not a paraphrase.

Other codes under Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

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

• 208100000XPhysical Medicine & Rehabilitation
• 2081H0002XHospice and Palliative Medicine
• 2081N0008XNeuromuscular Medicine
• 2081P0004XSpinal Cord Injury Medicine
• 2081P0010XPediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
• 2081P0301XBrain Injury Medicine
• 2081P2900XPain Medicine