CHRISTOPHER ERIC ALEXANDER MD NPI 1700264140

NPI Details

Christopher Eric Alexander, MD is a physical medicine rehabilitation in Atlanta, GA with 11 years of experience. The provider is physical medicine and rehabilitation, also referred to as rehabilitation medicine, is the medical specialty concerned with diagnosing, evaluating, and treating patients with physical disabilities. These disabilities may arise from conditions affecting the musculoskeletal system such as neck and back pain, sports injuries, or other painful conditions affecting the limbs, such as carpal tunnel syndrome. Alternatively, the disabilities may result from neurological trauma or disease such as spinal cord injury, head injury or stroke. A physician certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation is often called a physiatrist. The primary goal of the physiatrist is to achieve maximal restoration of physical, psychological, social and vocational function through comprehensive rehabilitation. Pain management is often an important part of the role of the physiatrist. For diagnosis and evaluation, a physiatrist may include the techniques of electromyography to supplement the standard history, physical, x-ray and laboratory examinations. The physiatrist has expertise in the appropriate use of therapeutic exercise, prosthetics (artificial limbs), orthotics and mechanical and electrical devices. Christopher Eric Alexander, MD NPI is 1700264140. The provider is registered as an individual entity type.

The NPPES NPI record indicates the provider is a male.

Education
Medical School: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduation Year:2015

The provider's business location address is:

1800 HOWELL MILL RD NW STE 200
ATLANTA, GA
ZIP 30318-917
Phone: (404) 352-1015
Fax: (404) 477-1176

The NPI 1700264140 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, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg (HCPCS:J3301)
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes (HCPCS:99213)
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes (HCPCS:99214)
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes (HCPCS:99204)
• Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint (HCPCS:20610)
• Fluoroscopic guidance for needle placement (HCPCS:77002)
• X-ray lower and sacral spine, minimum of 6 views (HCPCS:72114)
• Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, single level (HCPCS:64483)
• Testing for presence of drug, by chemistry analyzers (HCPCS:80307)
• Injection of substance into lower spine canal using imaging guidance (HCPCS:62323)
• Needle measurement of electrical activity in arm or leg muscles, complete study (HCPCS:95886)
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes (HCPCS:99203)
• Injection of anesthetic or steroid into joint between lower spine and hip bone using imaging guidance (HCPCS:27096)
• Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg (HCPCS:J1030)
• Injection of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance, single level (HCPCS:64493)
• Mri scan of lower spinal canal without contrast (HCPCS:72148)

The enumeration date for this NPI number is 5/18/2015 and was last updated on 11/11/2022.

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