Clinician Utilization Data (NPI:1285838250)

HEALTHCARE PROVIDER: DR. CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL FORESTO

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NPI:1285838250 DR. CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL FORESTO

Physician Information
NPI	1285838250
	Unique healthcare provider (clinician) ID assigned by NPPES
PECOS UID	4284709551
	Unique individual clinician ID assigned by PECOS
State of Practice	NY
	Individual clinician's state of practice
Primary medical specialty	DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY
	Primary medical specialty reported by the individual clinician in the selected PECOS enrollment

Clinician Utilization Data
HCPCS Procedural Code	HCPCS Code Description	Beneficiary Count	Service Count
20611	Aspiration and/or injection of major joint or joint capsule with recording and reporting using ultrasound guidance	38	53
62323	Injection of substance into spinal canal of lower back or sacrum using imaging guidance	13	24
64483	Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance	16	21
64493	Injections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance	15	23
71046	X-ray of chest, 2 views	31	62
73030	X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views	17	38
73502	X-ray of hip with pelvis, 2-3 views	21	41
73562	X-ray of knee, 3 views	31	86
77080	Bone density measurement using dedicated x-ray machine	87	172
J3301	Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg	189	1903

Clinician Utilization Metadata
HCPCS Procedural Code	Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) procedural code billed by the individual clinician
HCPCS Code Description	Description of the HCPCS code for the specific medical service furnished by the individual clinician. HCPCS descriptions associated with CPT codes are consumer friendly descriptions provided by the AMA. CPT Consumer Friendly Descriptors are lay synonyms for CPT descriptors that are intended to help healthcare consumers who are not medical professionals understand clinical procedures on bills and patient portals. CPT Consumer Friendly Descriptors should not be used for clinical coding or documentation. All other descriptions are CMS Level II descriptions provided in long form. Due to variable length restrictions, the CMS Level II descriptions have been truncated to 256 bytes. As a result, the same HCPCS description can be associated with more than one HCPCS code. For complete CMS Level II descriptions, visit https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/HCPCSReleaseCodeSets/ Alpha-Numeric-HCPCS.html.
Beneficiary Count	The number of eligible beneficiaries that received the service or procedure identified by the individual clinician's HCPCS code
Service Count	Frequency of individual clinician's performance of the associated HCPCS code within the specified calendar year