2086X0206X — Surgical Oncology Physician

Grouping

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians

Classification

Surgery

Specialization

Surgical Oncology

Section

Individual

Definition

A surgical oncologist is a well-qualified surgeon who has obtained additional training and experience in the multidisciplinary approach to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of cancer patients, and devotes a major portion of his or her professional practice to these activities and cancer research.

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
• 2086H0002XHospice and Palliative Medicine
• 2086P0122XPhysician Nutrition Specialist
• 2086S0102XSurgical Critical Care
• 2086S0105XSurgery of the Hand
• 2086S0120XPediatric Surgery
• 2086S0122XPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• 2086S0127XTrauma Surgery
• 2086S0129XVascular Surgery