Medicare Claims Processing Manual (Pub. 100-04), Ch. 26 § 10.8.2
Physician Specialty Codes
10.8.2 - Physician Specialty Codes
(Rev. 12456; Issued:01-11-24; Effective:07-01-24; Implementation:07-01-24)
Code
Physician Specialty
01
General Practice
02
General Surgery
03
Allergy/Immunology
04
Otolaryngology
Code
Physician Specialty
05
Anesthesiology
06
Cardiology
07
Dermatology
08
Family Practice
09
Interventional Pain Management
10
Gastroenterology
11
Internal Medicine
12
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
13
Neurology
14
Neurosurgery
16
Obstetrics/Gynecology
17
Hospice and Palliative Care
18
Ophthalmology
19
Oral Surgery (dentists only)
20
Orthopedic Surgery
21
Cardiac Electrophysiology
22
Pathology
23
Sports Medicine
24
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
25
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
26
Psychiatry
27
Geriatric Psychiatry
28
Colorectal Surgery (formerly proctology)
29
Pulmonary Disease
30
Diagnostic Radiology
33
Thoracic Surgery
34
Urology
35
Chiropractic
36
Nuclear Medicine
37
Pediatric Medicine
38
Geriatric Medicine
39
Nephrology
40
Hand Surgery
41
Optometry
44
Infectious Disease
46
Endocrinology
48
Podiatry
66
Rheumatology
70
Single or Multispecialty Clinic or Group Practice
72
Pain Management
76
Peripheral Vascular Disease
77
Vascular Surgery
78
Cardiac Surgery
79
Addiction Medicine
81
Critical Care (Intensivists)
Code
Physician Specialty
82
Hematology
83
Hematology/Oncology
84
Preventive Medicine
85
Maxillofacial Surgery
86
Neuropsychiatry
90
Medical Oncology
91
Surgical Oncology
92
Radiation Oncology
93
Emergency Medicine
94
Interventional Radiology
98
Gynecological/Oncology
99
Unknown Physician Specialty
C0
Sleep Medicine
C3
Interventional Cardiology
C5
C6
C7
C8
C9
Dentist
Hospitalist
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
Medical Toxicology
Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Cellular
Therapy
D3
Medical Genetics and Genomics
D4
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine
D7 Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery
D8 Adult Congenital Heart Disease
E1 Marriage and Family Therapist
E2 Mental Health Counselors
E3 Dental Anesthesiology
E4 Dental Public Health
E5 Endodontics
E6 Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
E7 Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
E9 Oral Medicine
F1 Orofacial Pain
F2 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
F3 Pediatric Dentistry
F4 Periodontics
F5 Prosthodontics
F6 Epileptologists