RYAN ANDREW WETZEL MD NPI 1699984690

NPI Details

Ryan Andrew Wetzel, MD is a physical medicine rehabilitation in Columbia, SC with 20 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. Ryan Andrew Wetzel, MD NPI is 1699984690. The provider is registered as an individual entity type.

The NPPES NPI record indicates the provider is a male.

Education
Medical School: INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduation Year:2005

The provider's business location address is:

1910 BLANDING ST
COLUMBIA, SC
ZIP 29201-520
Phone: (803) 256-4107
Fax: (803) 253-6676

The NPI 1699984690 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, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg (HCPCS:J3301)
• Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg (HCPCS:J1100)
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes (HCPCS:99213)
• Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint (HCPCS:20610)
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes (HCPCS:99203)
• Fluoroscopic guidance for needle placement (HCPCS:77002)
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes (HCPCS:99214)
• Injection of substance into lower spine canal using imaging guidance (HCPCS:62323)
• Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, single level (HCPCS:64483)
• 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)
• Needle measurement of electrical activity in arm or leg muscles, complete study (HCPCS:95886)
• Injection of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance, second level (HCPCS:64494)
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes (HCPCS:99204)
• Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance, single facet joint (HCPCS:64635)
• Complete ultrasound scan of joint (HCPCS:76881)
• Injection of substance into middle or upper spine canal using imaging guidance (HCPCS:62321)
• Nerve conduction, 3-4 studies (HCPCS:95908)
• Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance, each additional facet joint (HCPCS:64636)
• Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg (HCPCS:J1030)
• X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2-3 views (HCPCS:72100)
• Injection of anesthetic or steroid into joint between lower spine and hip bone using imaging guidance (HCPCS:27096)
• X-ray of hip, 2-3 views (HCPCS:73502)
• Mri scan of upper spinal canal without contrast (HCPCS:72141)

The enumeration date for this NPI number is 5/22/2007 and was last updated on 12/23/2011.

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