209800000X taxonomy code

Code details

Code

209800000X Copy

Grouping

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians

Classification

Legal Medicine

Specialization

None (the general classification code)

Display name

Legal Medicine (M.D./D.O.) Physician

Used by

Individuals (NPI-1)

NUCC definition

Legal Medicine is a special field of medicine that focuses on various aspects of medicine and law. Historically, the practice of legal medicine made contributions to medicine as a scientific instrument to solve criminal perplexities. Since World War II, the domain of legal medicine has broadened to include not only aspects of medical science to solve legal and criminal problems but aspects of law as it applies to medicine. Legal Medicine continues to grow as medicolegal issues like medical malpractice and liability, government regulation of health care, issues of tort reform, and moral and ethical complexities presented by technological advances become increasingly prominent. Many medical schools have implemented courses which supply medicolegal instruction for medical students, and many law schools now offer medicolegal courses. Also, dual degree programs in law and medicine have been created to assist physicians to bridge the gap between medicine and the law.

Related Legal Medicine codes

• 173000000X Legal Medicine