2086H0002X — Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Surgery) Physician
- Grouping
- Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
- Classification
- Surgery
- Specialization
- Hospice and Palliative Medicine
- Section
- Individual
Definition
A surgeon with special knowledge and skills to prevent and relieve the suffering experienced by patients with life-limiting illnesses. This specialist works with an interdisciplinary hospice or palliative care team to maximize quality of life while addressing physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs of both patient and family throughout the course of the disease, through the dying process, and beyond for the family. This specialist has expertise in the assessment of patients with advanced disease; the relief of distressing symptoms; the coordination of interdisciplinary patient and family-centered care in diverse venues; the use of specialized care systems including hospice; the management of the imminently dying patient; and legal and ethical decision making in end-of-life care.
NUCC’s own wording, not a paraphrase.
Other codes under Surgery
These are the codes a mis-selection most often lands on, because they share a classification and differ only by specialisation.
- 208600000XSurgery
- 2086P0122XPhysician Nutrition Specialist
- 2086S0102XSurgical Critical Care
- 2086S0105XSurgery of the Hand
- 2086S0120XPediatric Surgery
- 2086S0122XPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- 2086S0127XTrauma Surgery
- 2086S0129XVascular Surgery
- 2086X0206XSurgical Oncology