2082S0105X — Surgery of the Hand (Plastic Surgery) Physician

Grouping

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians

Classification

Plastic Surgery

Specialization

Surgery of the Hand

Section

Individual

Definition

A plastic surgeon with additional training in the investigation, preservation, and restoration by medical, surgical and rehabilitative means of all structures of the upper extremity directly affecting the form and function of the hand and wrist.

NUCC’s own wording, not a paraphrase.

Other codes under Plastic Surgery

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

• 208200000XPlastic Surgery
• 2082S0099XPlastic Surgery Within the Head and Neck