Taxonomy code 2086P0122X
Physician Nutrition Specialist (Surgery) taxonomy code: 2086P0122X
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
About this code
- Code
- 2086P0122X
- Grouping
- Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
- Classification
- Surgery
- Specialization
- Physician Nutrition Specialist
- For
- Individuals (NPI-1)
- Code set
- NUCC version 26.1
Definition
A physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of primary nutritional diseases (e.g., undernutrition, overnutrition, and genetic or acquired errors of metabolism) and adjunctive nutritional therapeutics (e.g., nutritional therapy or support of diseases states with a metabolic component). Physician Nutrition Specialists also provide services for nutritional disease prevention, including diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer’s, hospital malnutrition screening, and perioperative nutrition.
Providers choose taxonomy code 2086P0122X (Surgery, Physician Nutrition Specialist) when they apply for or update their NPI. A provider can list several codes and marks one as primary; the code describes the type of care, not a license or board certification.
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Related Surgery codes
Definition: National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC), Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, version 26.1, nucc.org.