DR. ANDREW M. BLECHER M.D. NPI 1013953520

NPI Details

DR. Andrew M. Blecher, M.D. is a sports medicine family medicine in Van Nuys, CA with 26 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. Andrew M. Blecher, M.D. NPI is 1013953520. The provider is registered as an individual entity type.

The NPPES NPI record indicates the provider is a male.

Education
Medical School: TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduation Year:1999

The provider's business location address is:

6815 NOBLE AVE
VAN NUYS, CA
ZIP 91405-796
Phone: (818) 901-6600
Fax: (818) 997-7826

The NPI 1013953520 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.

• Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint (HCPCS:20610)
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes (HCPCS:99214)
• Hyaluronan or derivative, euflexxa, for intra-articular injection, per dose (HCPCS:J7323)
• Injection, gadolinium-based magnetic resonance contrast agent, not otherwise specified (nos), per ml (HCPCS:A9579)
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes (HCPCS:99204)
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes (HCPCS:99213)
• X-ray of knee, 4 or more views (HCPCS:73564)
• Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg (HCPCS:J0702)
• Aspiration and/or injection of fluid large joint using ultrasound guidance (HCPCS:20611)
• X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views (HCPCS:73030)
• Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement (HCPCS:76942)
• X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views (HCPCS:72110)
• Limited ultrasound scan of joint or other extremity structure lacking blood vessels (HCPCS:76882)
• X-ray of foot, minimum of 3 views (HCPCS:73630)
• X-ray of ankle, minimum of 3 views (HCPCS:73610)
• X-ray of hand, minimum of 3 views (HCPCS:73130)
• X-ray of both hips, 2 views (HCPCS:73521)
• X-ray of pelvis, 1-2 views (HCPCS:72170)
• Injection of contrast for imaging of hip joint (HCPCS:27093)
• Injection into tendon or ligament (HCPCS:20550)
• Complete ultrasound scan of joint (HCPCS:76881)
• Injection of contrast for imaging of shoulder joint (HCPCS:23350)
• X-ray of elbow, minimum of 3 views (HCPCS:73080)
• X-ray of upper spine, 4-5 views (HCPCS:72050)

The enumeration date for this NPI number is 6/22/2006 and was last updated on 2/10/2011.

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