PAUL CHIKE OKOLOCHA M.D. NPI 1629193321

NPI Details

Paul Chike Okolocha, M.D. is a family medicine in Gary, IN with 41 years of experience. The provider is family Medicine is the medical specialty which is concerned with the total health care of the individual and the family. It is the specialty in breadth which integrates the biological, clinical, and behavioral sciences. The scope of family medicine is not limited by age, sex, organ system, or disease entity. Paul Chike Okolocha, M.D. NPI is 1629193321. The provider is registered as an individual entity type.

The NPPES NPI record indicates the provider is a male.

The provider's business location address is:

2054 GRANT ST
GARY, IN
ZIP 46404-060
Phone: (219) 949-7540

The NPI 1629193321 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.

• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes (HCPCS:99213)
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes (HCPCS:99214)
• Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 15 minutes (HCPCS:99231)
• Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 25 minutes (HCPCS:99232)
• Blood glucose (sugar) test performed by hand-held instrument (HCPCS:82962)
• Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less (HCPCS:99238)
• Established patient home visit, typically 40 minutes (HCPCS:99349)
• Injection of drug or substance under skin or into muscle (HCPCS:96372)
• Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 50 minutes (HCPCS:99222)
• Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 35 minutes (HCPCS:99233)
• Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg (HCPCS:J1885)
• Hemoglobin a1c level (HCPCS:83036)
• Established patient home visit, typically 25 minutes (HCPCS:99348)
• Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample (HCPCS:36415)
• Albuterol, inhalation solution, fda-approved final product, non-compounded, administered through dme, unit dose, 1 mg (HCPCS:J7613)
• Injection, vitamin b-12 cyanocobalamin, up to 1000 mcg (HCPCS:J3420)
• Urinalysis, manual test (HCPCS:81002)
• Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and (HCPCS:G0180)
• Physician or allowed practitioner re-certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians a (HCPCS:G0179)
• Detection test by immunoassay technique for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (HCPCS:87426)
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes (HCPCS:99203)
• Testing for presence of drug, read by direct observation (HCPCS:80305)
• Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 50 minutes (HCPCS:99219)
• Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg (HCPCS:J1030)
• Hospital observation care on day of discharge (HCPCS:99217)
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes (HCPCS:99212)
• Inhalation treatment for airway obstruction or sputum production (HCPCS:94640)
• Detection test by immunoassay with direct visual observation for streptococcus, group a (strep) (HCPCS:87880)
• Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 70 minutes (HCPCS:99223)
• Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report (HCPCS:93000)

The enumeration date for this NPI number is 3/20/2007 and was last updated on 7/8/2007.

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