DR. Nicholas Alfred Piantanida, M.D. is a sports medicine family medicine in Colorado Springs, CO with 31 years of experience. The provider is a family medicine physician that is trained to be responsible for continuous care in the field of sports medicine, not only for the enhancement of health and fitness, but also for the prevention of injury and illness. A sports medicine physician must have knowledge and experience in the promotion of wellness and the prevention of injury. Knowledge about special areas of medicine such as exercise physiology, biomechanics, nutrition, psychology, physical rehabilitation, epidemiology, physical evaluation, injuries (treatment and prevention and referral practice) and the role of exercise in promoting a healthy lifestyle are essential to the practice of sports medicine. The sports medicine physician requires special education to provide the knowledge to improve the health care of the individual engaged in physical exercise (sports) whether as an individual or in team participation. DR. Nicholas Alfred Piantanida, M.D. NPI is 1437132859. The provider is registered as an individual entity type.
The NPPES NPI record indicates the provider is a male.
Education
Medical School: UNIFORMED SERVICES UHS FE HEBERT SCHOOL OF MED
Graduation Year:1993
The provider's business location address is:
175 S UNION BLVD STE 350
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
ZIP 80910-146
Phone: (719) 633-5515
Fax: (719) 365-1307
The NPI 1437132859 is registered in the Medicare Provider, Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS). The provider is legally eligible to order and refer Part B (Clinical Laboratory and Imaging), Durable Medical Equipment, Part A Home Health Agency (HHA), Power Mobility Devices.
The following top HCPCS codes were publicly reported for this provider under the Medicare program for the year 2016. The reported codes are based on the top codes for each available Medicare specialty, excluding evaluation and management codes.
- Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg (HCPCS:J3301)
- Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule (HCPCS:20610)
- Administration of influenza virus vaccine (HCPCS:G0008)
- Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit (HCPCS:G0439)
- Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle (HCPCS:90662)
- Administration of pneumococcal vaccine (HCPCS:G0009)
- Destruction of 2-14 skin growths (HCPCS:17003)
- Destruction of skin growth (HCPCS:17000)
- Injections of tendon sheath, ligament, or muscle membrane (HCPCS:20550)
- Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report (HCPCS:93000)
The enumeration date for this NPI number is 11/21/2005 and was last updated on 2/11/2019.