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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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Psychiatry & Neurology
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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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2084E0001X
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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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Epilepsy
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Short name for the specialty (taxonomy)
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Full Name
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Epilepsy Physician
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Full taxonomy title
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Description
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Epilepsy is a subspecialty of neurology focused on the diagnosis and treatment of patients with epilepsy, including new-onset, medically refractory epilepsy, psychogenic nonepileptic seizures, and epilepsy in special populations (the elderly, women, patients with co-morbidities). Epilepsy is a multidisciplinary field that provides comprehensive care of the patient.
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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: American Epilepsy Society, www.aesnet.org [7/1/2021: new]
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Additional information that is not a part of description, but useful in context of the taxononmy
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