ELSA S CANALES M.D. NPI 1477618429

NPI Details

Elsa S Canales, M.D. is a gastroenterology internal medicine in Laredo, TX with 28 years of experience. The provider is an internist who specializes in diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the digestive organs including the stomach, bowels, liver and gallbladder. This specialist treats conditions such as abdominal pain, ulcers, diarrhea, cancer and jaundice and performs complex diagnostic and therapeutic procedures using endoscopes to visualize internal organs. Elsa S Canales, M.D. NPI is 1477618429. The provider is registered as an individual entity type.

The NPPES NPI record indicates the provider is a female.

Education
Medical School: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON
Graduation Year:1998

The provider's business location address is:

6999 MCPHERSON RD
SUITE 220
LAREDO, TX
ZIP 78041-449
Phone: (956) 795-4776
Fax: (956) 795-4779

The NPI 1477618429 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.

• Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity (HCPCS:88305)
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes (HCPCS:99213)
• Special stained specimen slides to identify organisms including interpretation and report (HCPCS:88312)
• Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue including interpretation and report (HCPCS:88313)
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes (HCPCS:99214)
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes (HCPCS:99204)
• Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 25 minutes (HCPCS:99232)
• Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope with mechanical snare (HCPCS:45385)
• Biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope (HCPCS:43239)
• Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 70 minutes (HCPCS:99223)
• Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 50 minutes (HCPCS:99222)
• Moderate sedation services provided by the same physician or other qualified health care professional performing a gastrointestinal endoscopic service that sedation supports, requiring the presence of an independent trained observer to assist in the monito (HCPCS:G0500)
• Removal of external hemorrhoids by rubber banding (HCPCS:46221)
• Biopsy of large bowel using a flexible endoscope (HCPCS:45380)
• Diagnostic exam of large bowel using a flexible endoscope (HCPCS:45378)
• Measurement of liver stiffness (HCPCS:91200)
• Insertion of stomach tube using a flexible endoscope (HCPCS:43246)
• Control of bleeding of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope (HCPCS:43255)
• Injection beneath lining of large bowel using a flexible endoscope (HCPCS:45381)
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes (HCPCS:99203)
• Removal of polyps or growths of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope with mechanical snare (HCPCS:43251)
• Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual not meeting criteria for high risk (HCPCS:G0121)
• Colonoscopy (HCPCS:NAN13)
• Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux (HCPCS:NAN12)

The enumeration date for this NPI number is 12/27/2006 and was last updated on 3/20/2025.

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