VANESSA ORTIZ M.D. NPI 1841374683

NPI Details

Vanessa Ortiz, M.D. is a physical medicine rehabilitation in Los Altos, CA with 33 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. Vanessa Ortiz, M.D. NPI is 1841374683. The provider is registered as an individual entity type.

The NPPES NPI record indicates the provider is a female.

Education
Medical School: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduation Year:1993

The provider's business location address is:

851 FREMONT AVE
SUITE 109
LOS ALTOS, CA
ZIP 94024-698
Phone: (650) 941-1040
Fax: (650) 941-1001

The NPI 1841374683 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, 30-39 minutes (HCPCS:99214)
• Administration of psychological or neuropsychological test by technician, first 30 minutes (HCPCS:96138)
• Evaluation of psychological test, first hour (HCPCS:96130)
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes (HCPCS:99213)
• Chronic care management services, first 20 minutes of clinical staff time directed by health care professional, per calendar month (HCPCS:99490)
• 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:G0483)
• Whole body composition tissue and fluid measurements with interpretation and report (HCPCS:0358T)
• Needle measurement of electrical activity in arm or leg muscles, complete study (HCPCS:95886)
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes (HCPCS:99205)
• Principal care management services for a single high-risk disease, first 30 minutes of clinical staff time directed by health care professional, per calendar month (HCPCS:99426)
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes (HCPCS:99204)

The enumeration date for this NPI number is 10/25/2006 and was last updated on 7/9/2007.

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