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[luvbuix]

i work for a fairly large oncology practice. we currently have med onc & rad onc docs which are considered subspecialties from each other. we have an oncology surgeon starting in a few weeks who will work directly for our practice. my questions is: is surgical oncology considered a separate subspecialty from the other 2?

 

[sls314]

i work for a fairly large oncology practice. we currently have med onc & rad onc docs which are considered subspecialties from each other. we have an oncology surgeon starting in a few weeks who will work directly for our practice. my questions is: is surgical oncology considered a separate subspecialty from the other 2?

CMS has a separate specialty and taxonomy code for all 3 subspecialties:

MEDICARE SPECIALTY CODE	MEDICARE PROVIDER/SUPPLIER TYPE DESCRIPTION	PROVIDER TAXONOMY CODE	PROVIDER TAXONOMY DESCRIPTION: TYPE, CLASSIFICATION, SPECIALIZATION
90​	Physician/Medical Oncology	207RX0202X	Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology
91​	Physician/Surgical Oncology	2086X0206X	Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Surgery, Surgical Oncology
92​	Physician/Radiation Oncology	2085R0001X	Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Radiology, Radiation Oncology

 

[luvbuix]

CMS has a separate specialty and taxonomy code for all 3 subspecialties:

MEDICARE SPECIALTY CODE	MEDICARE PROVIDER/SUPPLIER TYPE DESCRIPTION	PROVIDER TAXONOMY CODE	PROVIDER TAXONOMY DESCRIPTION: TYPE, CLASSIFICATION, SPECIALIZATION
90​	Physician/Medical Oncology	207RX0202X	Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology
91​	Physician/Surgical Oncology	2086X0206X	Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Surgery, Surgical Oncology
92​	Physician/Radiation Oncology	2085R0001X	Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians/Radiology, Radiation Oncology

so- if my rad onc guys are considered separate then my surg onc will also be separate. i suspected that was the case- i just wanted to verify