Physicians Healthcare Taxonomy Code 208600000X
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As of today, the following are the total number of Surgery Physicians nationally, in your state, and near your location.
Medicare
The following are the total number of Surgery Physicians who accept Medicare in your state, the number who have opted out of Medicare, and the total number excluded from participation in Medicare nationwide.
Alaska – Alabama – Armed Forces Pacific – Arkansas – American Samoa – Arizona – California – Colorado – Connecticut – District of Columbia – Delaware – Florida – Federated States of Micronesia – Georgia – Guam – Hawaii – Iowa – Idaho – Illinois – Indiana – Kansas – Kentucky – Louisiana – Massachusetts – Maryland – Maine – Marshall Islands – Michigan – Minnesota – Missouri – Northern Mariana Islands – Mississippi – Montana – North Carolina – North Dakota – Nebraska – New Hampshire – New Jersey – New Mexico – Nevada – New York – Ohio – Oklahoma – Oregon – Pennsylvania – Puerto Rico – Palau – Rhode Island – South Carolina – South Dakota – Tennessee – Texas – Utah – Virginia – Virgin Islands – Vermont – Washington – Wisconsin – West Virginia – Wyoming
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What do Surgeons do?
A general surgeon has expertise related to the diagnosis, preoperative, operative, and postoperative management, and management of complications of surgical conditions in the following areas: alimentary tract; abdomen; breast, skin and soft tissue; endocrine system; head and neck surgery; pediatric surgery; surgical critical care; surgical oncology; trauma and burns; and vascular surgery.
General surgeons increasingly provide care through the use of minimally invasive and endoscopic techniques.
Many general surgeons also possess expertise in transplantation surgery, plastic surgery, and cardiothoracic surgery.
Critical Care Surgeons
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 2086S0102X
A surgeon with expertise in the management of the critically ill and postoperative patient, particularly the trauma victim, who specializes in critical care medicine diagnoses, treats, and supports patients with multiple organ dysfunction.
This specialist may have administrative responsibilities for intensive care units and may also facilitate and coordinate patient care among the primary physician, the critical care staff, and other specialists.
Hand Surgeons
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 2086S0105X
A surgeon with expertise in the investigation, preservation, and restoration by medical, surgical, and rehabilitative means, of all structures of the upper extremity directly affecting the form and function of the hand and wrist.
Hospice and Palliative Medicine Surgeons
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 2086H0002X
A surgeon with special knowledge and skills to prevent and relieve the suffering experienced by patients with life-limiting illnesses.
This specialist collaborates with an interdisciplinary hospice or palliative care team to maximize quality of life by addressing the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs of both the patient and the family throughout the disease, the dying process, and beyond.
This specialist has expertise in assessing patients with advanced disease and relieving distressing symptoms.
They coordinate interdisciplinary patient and family-centered care in diverse venues, use specialized care systems, including hospice, manage patients who are imminently dying, and make legal and ethical decisions in end-of-life care.
Pediatric Surgeons
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 2086S0120X
A surgeon with expertise in the management of surgical conditions in premature and newborn infants, children, and adolescents.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 2086S0122X
A surgeon who specializes in plastic and reconstructive surgery.
Physician Nutrition Specialists
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 2086P0122X
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 disease states with a metabolic component).
Surgical Oncologists
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 2086X0206X
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 significant portion of his or her professional practice to these activities and cancer research.
Trauma Surgeons
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 2086S0127X
Trauma surgery is a recognized subspecialty of general surgery.
Trauma surgeons are physicians who have completed a five-year general surgery residency and usually continue with a one to two-year fellowship in trauma and/or surgical critical care, typically leading to additional board certification in surgical critical care.
There is no trauma surgery board certification at this point.
To obtain board certification in surgical critical care, a fellowship in surgical critical care or anesthesiology critical care must be completed during or after general surgery residency.
Vascular Surgeons
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 2086S0129X
A surgeon with expertise in the management of surgical disorders of the blood vessels, excluding the intracranial vessels or the heart.