Taxonomy code

2083P0011X: Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician

2083P0011X is the NUCC provider taxonomy code for Preventive Medicine, Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine, in the Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians group.

Code details

Code
2083P0011X
Grouping
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification
Preventive Medicine
Specialization
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine
Display name
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician
Used by
Individuals (NPI-1)

NUCC definition

A specialist who treats decompression illness and diving accident cases and uses hyperbaric oxygen therapy to treat such conditions as carbon monoxide poisoning, gas gangrene, non-healing wounds, tissue damage from radiation and burns and bone infections. This specialist also serves as consultant to other physicians in all aspects of hyperbaric chamber operations and assesses risks and applies appropriate standards to prevent disease and disability in divers and other persons working in altered atmospheric conditions.

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