2086P0122X Taxonomy Code - Physician Nutrition Specialist

Taxonomy Code Details

• Code: 2086P0122X
• Type: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
• Classification: Surgery
• Specialization: Physician Nutrition Specialist
• Level: Level III - Area of Specialization
• 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.
• Version: NCCU Provider Taxonomy Version 24.0