246ZC0007X — Surgical Assistant
- Grouping
- Technologists, Technicians & Other Technical Service Providers
- Classification
- Specialist/Technologist, Other
- Specialization
- Surgical Assistant
- Section
- Individual
Definition
A surgical assistant is a skilled practitioner who has undergone formalized education and training as a surgical assistant. The surgical assistant performs surgical functions that include, but are not limited to: retracting, manipulating, suturing, clamping, cauterizing, litigating, and tying tissue; suctioning, irrigating and sponging; positioning the patient; closure of body planes and skin; and participating in hemostasis and volume replacement. Surgical assistants are certified and registered or licensed by the state, or, in states without licensure, certified as surgical assistants by completing appropriate education and training.
NUCC’s own wording, not a paraphrase.
Other codes under Specialist/Technologist, Other
These are the codes a mis-selection most often lands on, because they share a classification and differ only by specialisation.
- 246Z00000XSpecialist/Technologist, Other
- 246ZA2600XArt, Medical
- 246ZB0301XBiomedical Engineering
- 246ZB0302XBiomedical Photographer
- 246ZB0500XBiochemist
- 246ZB0600XBiostatistician
- 246ZE0500XEEG
- 246ZE0600XElectroneurodiagnostic
- 246ZG0701XGraphics Methods
- 246ZG1000XGeneticist, Medical (PhD)
- 246ZI1000XIllustration, Medical
- 246ZN0300XNephrology
- 246ZS0410XSurgical Technologist
- 246ZX2200XOrthopedic Assistant