DR. EDWARD M. TAVEL M.D. NPI 1508833468

NPI Details

DR. Edward M. Tavel, M.D. is a pain medicine pain medicine in Charleston, SC with 37 years of experience. The provider is pain Medicine is a primary medical specialty based on a distinct body of knowledge and a well-defined scope of clinical practice that is founded on science, research and education. It is concerned with the study of pain, the prevention of pain, and the evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation of persons in pain. A comprehensive evaluation incorporates the physical, psychological, cognitive and socio-cultural contributions to pain. The treatment protocol may include pharmacological, invasive, behavioral, cognitive, rehabilitative and complementary strategies provided in a concurrent focused and patient specific manner. The pain medicine physician often serves the patient as a frontline physician regarding their pain, but also may serve as a consultant to other physicians, direct an interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary treatment team, conduct research, or advocate for the patient's pain care with public and private agencies. The Pain Medicine physician may work in variety of settings including office, clinic, hospital, university, or governmental/public agencies. DR. Edward M. Tavel, M.D. NPI is 1508833468. The provider is registered as an individual entity type.

The NPPES NPI record indicates the provider is a male.

Education
Medical School: MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Graduation Year:1989

The provider's business location address is:

2695 ELMS PLANTATION BLVD.
SUITE A
CHARLESTON, SC
ZIP 29406
Phone: (843) 818-1181
Fax: (843) 818-1145

The NPI 1508833468 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, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg (HCPCS:J1100)
• Injection, midazolam hydrochloride, per 1 mg (HCPCS:J2250)
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes (HCPCS:99213)
• Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes (HCPCS:99152)
• Testing for presence of drug, by chemistry analyzers (HCPCS:80307)
• Injection of substance into lower spine canal using imaging guidance (HCPCS:62323)
• Drug test(s), definitive, utilizing (1) drug identification methods able to identify individual drugs and distinguish between structural isomers (but not necessarily stereoisomers), including, but not limited to gc/ms (any type, single or tandem) and lc/ms (HCPCS:G0481)
• Drug test(s), definitive, utilizing (1) drug identification methods able to identify individual drugs and distinguish between structural isomers (but not necessarily stereoisomers), including, but not limited to gc/ms (any type, single or tandem) and lc/ms (HCPCS:G0480)
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes (HCPCS:99214)
• Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance, each additional facet joint (HCPCS:64636)
• Injection of substance into middle or upper spine canal using imaging guidance (HCPCS:62321)
• Mri scan of lower spinal canal without contrast (HCPCS:72148)
• Injection of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance, single level (HCPCS:64493)
• Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg (HCPCS:J1030)
• Injection of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance, second level (HCPCS:64494)
• Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 mg (HCPCS:J1040)
• Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance, single facet joint (HCPCS:64635)
• Mri scan of brain without contrast (HCPCS:70551)
• Injection of anesthetic or steroid into joint between lower spine and hip bone using imaging guidance (HCPCS:27096)
• Low osmolar contrast material, 200-299 mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml (HCPCS:Q9966)
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes (HCPCS:99203)
• Mri scan of upper spinal canal without contrast (HCPCS:72141)
• Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint (HCPCS:20610)
• Mri scan of brain before and after contrast (HCPCS:70553)
• Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, single level (HCPCS:64483)
• Injection of upper or middle spine facet joint using imaging guidance, single level (HCPCS:64490)
• Injection of upper or middle spine facet joint using imaging guidance, second level (HCPCS:64491)
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes (HCPCS:99204)
• Electronic analysis of implanted neurostimulator generator with complex spinal cord or peripheral nerve stimulator programming (HCPCS:95972)
• Destruction of upper or middle spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance, single facet joint (HCPCS:64633)
• Insertion of spinal neurostimulator electrode array through skin (HCPCS:63650)
• Mri scan of leg joint without contrast (HCPCS:73721)
• Destruction of upper or middle spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance, each additional facet joint (HCPCS:64634)
• Mri scan of upper spinal canal before and after contrast (HCPCS:72156)
• Mri scan of lower spinal canal before and after contrast (HCPCS:72158)

The enumeration date for this NPI number is 2/28/2006 and was last updated on 8/7/2013.

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