ROBERT MERRILL RUTH MD NPI 1730273681

NPI Details

Robert Merrill Ruth, MD is a hand surgery orthopaedic surgery in Santa Barbara, CA with 35 years of experience. The provider is an orthopaedic surgeon trained in the investigation, preservation and restoration by medical, surgical and rehabilitative means of all structures of the upper extremity directly affecting the form and function of the hand and wrist. Robert Merrill Ruth, MD NPI is 1730273681. The provider is registered as an individual entity type.

The NPPES NPI record indicates the provider is a male.

Education
Medical School: HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
Graduation Year:1991

The provider's business location address is:

2323 DE LA VINA #201
SANTA BARBARA, CA
ZIP 93105
Phone: (805) 682-2267
Fax: (808) 556-3097

The NPI 1730273681 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, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg (HCPCS:J0702)
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes (HCPCS:99213)
• X-ray of wrist, minimum of 3 views (HCPCS:73110)
• X-ray of finger, minimum of 2 views (HCPCS:73140)
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes (HCPCS:99203)
• Injection into tendon or ligament (HCPCS:20550)
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes (HCPCS:99215)
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes (HCPCS:99214)
• Application of nonmoveable forearm to hand splint (HCPCS:29125)
• Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from medium joint using ultrasound guidance (HCPCS:20606)
• Repair of tendon, finger, and/or palm of hand (HCPCS:26145)
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes (HCPCS:99205)
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes (HCPCS:99204)
• X-ray of hand, minimum of 3 views (HCPCS:73130)
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes (HCPCS:99212)
• Imaging guidance for procedure, 60 minutes or less (HCPCS:76000)
• Complete ultrasound scan of joint (HCPCS:76881)
• Release of wrist ligament using an endoscope (HCPCS:29848)
• Application of hand and lower forearm cast (HCPCS:29085)
• Cast supplies, gauntlet cast (includes lower forearm and hand), adult (11 years +), fiberglass (HCPCS:Q4014)
• Release and/or relocation of hand nerve (HCPCS:64721)
• Application of nonmoveable finger splint (HCPCS:29130)
• Injection of carpal tunnel (HCPCS:20526)
• Finger splint, static (HCPCS:Q4049)
• Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement (HCPCS:76942)
• Transfer of tendon to back of hand (HCPCS:26480)
• Removal of bone joints between wrist and fingers (HCPCS:25447)
• Removal of lining of tendon covering of wrist (HCPCS:25118)
• X-ray of elbow, 2 views (HCPCS:73070)
• Cast supplies, short arm splint, adult (11 years +), fiberglass (HCPCS:Q4022)
• Release and/or relocation of elbow nerve (HCPCS:64718)
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 15-29 minutes (HCPCS:99202)
• Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) (HCPCS:NAN17)
• Melanoma (skin cancer) excision (HCPCS:NAN03)

The enumeration date for this NPI number is 10/3/2006 and was last updated on 7/8/2007.

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