South Carolina reports physician specialty as the area in which the physician spends the most hours per week, as reported at license renewal. If the physician does not report hours, South Carolina assigns physician specialty as the first practice type reported by the physician.
Physicians report their specialties to South Carolina using the categories and abbreviations in the "source-specific descriptions" column of the following table. South Carolina assigns them to three-character codes and reports the data in that format. During HCUP processing, the three-character codes supplied by the state were assigned to MDSPEC.
In South Carolina, MDSPEC is coded as follows. Any other codes are undefined.
|
Source Value
|
Description
|
| 0AA |
Pediatric Endocrinology (PDE) |
| 0AB |
Internal Medicine/Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology (ILI) |
| 0AC |
Internal Medicine, Geriatrics (IMG) |
| 0AD |
Neurological Surgery, Critical Care (NCC) |
| 0AE |
Pathology, Neuropathology (NP) |
| 0AF |
Neurology, Pediatric Surgery (NSP) |
| 0AG |
Orthopedic Surgery, Adult Reconstructive Orthopedics (OAR) |
| 0AH |
Obstetrics & Gynecology/Critical Care Medicine (OCC) |
| 0AI |
Orthopedic Surgery, Musculoskeletal Oncology (OMO) |
| 0AJ |
Orthopedic Surgery, Pediatric Orthopedics (OP) |
| 0AK |
Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Medicine (OSM) |
| 0AL |
Orthopedic Surgery, Trauma (OTR) |
| 0AM |
Pathology, Chemical (PCH) |
| 0AN |
Pathology, Cytopathology (PCP) |
| 0AO |
Pediatric Gastroenterology (PG) (code is zero-A-oh) |
| 0AP |
Pathology, Immunopathology (PIP) |
| 0AQ |
Pediatrics/Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology (PLI) |
| 0AT |
Undersea Medicine (UM) |
| 0AU |
Radiology, Vascular and Interventional (VIR) |
| 0AV |
Addiction Medicine (ADM) |
| 0BB |
Pathology, Radioisotopic (RIP) |
| 0BJ |
Pediatric Otolaryngology |
| 0BL |
Pain Medicine |
| 0BM |
Pediatric Ophthalmology |
| 0BS |
Obstetrics |
| 0CB |
Cardiothoracic Surgery |
| 0CC |
Surgery, Vascular (VS) |
| 0CE |
Cardiac Electrophysiology |
| 0CJ |
Pediatric Infectious Disease |
| 0DD |
Neonatal Medicine (NEO) |
| 0EE |
Pediatric Pulmonology (PDP) |
| 0FF |
Radiation Oncology (RO) |
| 0HH |
Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) |
| 0II |
Medical Genetics (MG) |
| 0JJ |
Psychiatry, Geriatric (PYG) |
| 0KK |
Orthopedic Surgery, Spine Surgery (OSS) |
| 0LL |
Allergy & Immunology/Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology (ALI) |
| 0MM |
Anesthesiology, Pain Management (APM) |
| 0OO |
Pathology, Blood Banking (BBK) (code is zero-oh-oh) |
| 0PP |
Anesthesiology, Critical Care (CCA) |
| 0QQ |
Pediatric Critical Care (CCP) |
| 0RR |
Surgery, Critical Care (CCS) |
| 0SS |
Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology (CN) |
| 0TT |
Dermatological Immunology/Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology (DDL) |
| 0UU |
Family Practice, Geriatric Medicine (FPG) |
| 0VV |
Family Practice, Sports Medicine (FSM) |
| 0WW |
Pathology, Hematology (HMP) |
| 0XX |
Orthopedic Surgery, Hand Surgery (HSO) |
| 0YY |
Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery (HSP) |
| 0ZZ |
Internal Medicine Cardiac Electrophysiology (ICE) |
| 001 |
Aerospace Medicine (AM) |
| 002 |
Allergy & Immunology (AI) |
| 003 |
Anesthesiology (AN) |
| 005 |
Cardiovascular Disease (CD) |
| 006 |
Dermatology (D) |
| 007 |
Diabetes (DIA) |
| 008 |
Emergency Medicine (EM) |
| 009 |
Endocrinology (END) |
| 010 |
Family Practice (FP, FPP) |
| 011 |
Gastroenterology (GE) |
| 012 |
General Practice (GP), Dental Health Program (DHP), Intern |
| 013 |
General Preventative Medicine (GPM) |
| 014 |
Geriatrics (GER) |
| 015 |
Gynecology (GYN, G) |
| 016 |
Hematology (HEM) |
| 018 |
Infectious Diseases (ID) |
| 019 |
Internal Medicine (IM) |
| 021 |
Legal Medicine (LM) |
| 023 |
Nephrology (NEP) |
| 024 |
Neurology (N) |
| 025 |
Neurology, Child (CHN) |
| 026 |
Neuropathology (NA) |
| 027 |
Nuclear Medicine (NM) |
| 028 |
Nutrition (NTR) |
| 029 |
Obstetrics (OBS) |
| 030 |
Obstetrics & Gynecology (OBG) |
| 031 |
Occupational Medicine (OM) |
| 032 |
Ophthalmology (OPH) |
| 033 |
Otology (OT) |
| 034 |
(OTL) |
| 035 |
Pathology, Anatomic/Clinical (PTH) |
| 036 |
Pathology, Clinical (CLP) |
| 037 |
Pathology, Forensic (FOP) |
| 038 |
Pediatrics (PD) |
| 039 |
Pediatric Allergy (PDA) |
| 040 |
Pediatric Cardiology (PDC) |
| 041 |
Pharmacology, Clinical (PA) |
| 042 |
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM) |
| 043 |
Psychiatry (P) |
| 044 |
Psychiatry, Child (CHP) |
| 045 |
Psychoanalysis (PYA) |
| 047 |
Public Health (PH) |
| 048 |
Pulmonary Disease (PUD) |
| 049 |
Radiology (R) |
| 050 |
Radiology, Diagnostic (DR) |
| 051 |
Radiology, Pediatric (PDR) |
| 052 |
Therapeutic Radiology (TR) |
| 053 |
Rheumatology (RHU) |
| 056 |
Abdominal Surgery (ABS) |
| 057 |
Surgery, Cardiovascular (CDS) |
| 058 |
Surgery, Colon & Rectal (CRS) |
| 059 |
Surgery, General (GS) |
| 060 |
Surgery, Hand (HS) |
| 061 |
Surgery, Head & Neck (HNS) |
| 062 |
Surgery, Neurological (NS) |
| 063 |
Surgery, Orthopedic (ORS) |
| 064 |
Surgery, Pediatric (PDS) |
| 065 |
Surgery, Plastic (PS) |
| 066 |
Surgery, Thoracic (TS) |
| 067 |
Surgery, Traumatic (TRS) |
| 068 |
Surgery, Urological (U) |
| 069 |
In 1993: Nuclear Radiology (NR). Beginning in 1994, Nuclear Radiology (OTHER). |
| 071 |
Immunology (IG) |
| 073 |
Oncology Medical (ON) |
| 074 |
Otolaryngology (OTO) |
| 080 |
Administrative Medicine (ADM) |
| 081 |
Student Health (SH) |
| 082 |
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology (PHO) |
| 083 |
Pediatric Nephrology (PN, PNP) |
| 084 |
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine (NPM) |
| 085 |
Pathology, Anatomic (ATP) |
| 086 |
Gynecological Oncology (GO, ONC) |
| 087 |
Maternal & Fetal Medicine (MFM) |
| 088 |
Reproductive Endocrinology (REN, RE) |
| 089 |
Allergy (A) |
| 090 |
Adolescent Medicine (ADL) |
| 091 |
Blood Banking (BLB) |
| 092 |
Critical Care Medicine (CCM) |
| 093 |
Chemical Pathology (CMP) |
| 094 |
Diagnostic Lab Immunology (DLI) |
| 095 |
Dermatopathology (DMP) |
| 096 |
Facial Plastic Surgery, Otolaryngology (FPS) |
| 097 |
Immunopathology (SID and NIS) |
| 098 |
Medical Microbiology (MM) |
| 099 |
Nuclear Radiology (NR) |
| 103 |
General Practice, Dentist (GP-DENT) |
| 108 |
Oral Surgery (OS-DENT) |
| 110 |
Periodontics Dentist (PERIO-DENT) |
South Carolina data do not separately classify some physician specialties. No documentation was available describing which physician specialties were used for:
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