Taxonomy Code 2086X0206X
Surgery Surgical Oncology
Taxonomy Code Details
- Taxonomy Code:
- 2086X0206X
- Grouping:
- Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
- Classification:
- Surgery
- Specialization:
- Surgical Oncology
- Code Level:
- Level III - Area of Specialization
- 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.
- Medicare Specialty Code: Medicare Specialty Code Crosswalk
Health care providers and suppliers who are eligible to enroll in Medicare can use this crosswalk that links the taxonomy code with its appropriate medicare specialty code. - 02 - Physician/General Surgery
- Notes:
- Source: Society of Surgical Oncology, 2007 [1/1/2008: definition added, source added, 7/1/2009: definiition reformatted] Additional Resources: http://www.surgonc.org/ ; American Board of Medical Specialties, 2007, www.abms.org ; American Board of Surgery, 2007, http://www.absurgery.org/ Surgical oncology is a recognized fellowship subspecialty program of surgery. Separate board certification is not currently offered.
- Version:
- NUCC Provider Taxonomy Version 25.0
- Last Updated:
- January 01, 2025
- Code Navigator:
The code 2086X0206X is the health care provider taxonomy code for surgery grouped under allopathic & osteopathic physicians with a specialization in surgical oncology. NPI records indicate a total of 3,482 registered providers whose primary or secondary taxonomy code is surgical oncology of which 1,144 are registered as females, 1,672 registered as males and 666 are organizations.
2086X0206X is a Level III - Area of Specialization taxonomy code used to describe a health care provider that chooses to pracice specific services. For instance, the area of specialization of Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians providers is determined by the Subspecialty Certificates issued by the different national boards. Taxonomy codes are self-selected by the health care provider. Their specialty is defined based on their education level and training. Taxonomy codes do not specify the actual services rendered by the health care provider.
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