Hierarchy |
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Level I, Provider Grouping
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Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
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A major grouping of service(s) or occupation(s) of health care providers.
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Level II, Classification
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Anesthesiology
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A more specific service or occupation related to the Provider Grouping
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Health Care Provider Taxonomy |
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Taxonomy Code
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207LP4000X
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Taxonomy code in WPC notation
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Status
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Active
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Status of the code - can be active or inactive
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Level
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Level III Area of Specialization
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All taxonomy codes are organized in the hierarty from Level I, which is the higher level down to lower levels with bigger roman number
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Short Name
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Physician Nutrition Specialist
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Short name for the specialty (taxonomy)
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Full Name
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Physician Nutrition Specialist (Anesthesiology)
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Full taxonomy title
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Description
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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.
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Description of taxonomy, which may specify the proper use of the code
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Additional Information
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Source: National Board of Physician Nutrition Specialists, www.nbpns.org.
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Additional information that is not a part of description, but useful in context of the taxononmy
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