Hand Physical Therapist
Physical Therapist · Hand · taxonomy 2251H1200X
What this licence covers
Physical therapists (PT, and DPT for the current doctoral entry degree) are licensed to evaluate and treat movement problems — after surgery or injury, or from an ongoing condition. Treatment is exercise, manual therapy and education rather than medication. Many states allow direct access, meaning you can be seen without a physician referral, though insurance may still require one.
Hand, wrist and forearm — often after surgery, fracture or repetitive strain.
The formal definition
Definition to come...
Source: NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set. This is the definition used for billing and registration, which is why it reads the way it does.
Many also hold another licence
different training route, same personThese are registrations where the same person also holds a licence of a genuinely different kind — not the same qualification recorded twice. It is worth knowing because it widens what someone can work with: a counsellor who is also a social worker brings a different second toolkit than one who is also a behaviour analyst.
Counted from every taxonomy code on a registration, not just the primary one. A provider can appear under more than one row.
By state
Related licence types
also under Physical Therapist| Licence type | Registered |
|---|---|
| Physical Therapist | 265,581 |
| Orthopedic Physical Therapist | 10,876 |
| Pediatric Physical Therapist | 6,792 |
| Geriatric Physical Therapist | 2,077 |
| Neurologic Physical Therapist | 1,130 |
| Sports Physical Therapist | 1,016 |
| Clinical Electrophysiology Physical Therapist | 125 |
| Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapist | 118 |
| Ergonomics Physical Therapist | 69 |
| Human Factors Physical Therapist | 31 |