Physician Profile
Maria I. Velez, M.D.
Unclaimed ProfileAbout Dr. Velez
Maria I. Velez, M.D. is a healthcare provider in San Antonio, TX specializing in pulmonary disease. Maria is also listed as specializing in critical care medicine and internal medicine. According to Medicare claims data, Maria cared for 204 Medicare patients across 396 services. The services billed most often include critical care, first 30-74 minutes, subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes, and established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more.
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Education & Training
Specialty
Credentials & Licensing
Source: NPPES NPI Registry
Contact Information
- (210) 358-3400
- Email not available
Practice Locations
903 W MARTIN ST
San Antonio, TX 78207
Conditions Commonly Evaluated or Treated
Within Pulmonary Disease generally. Availability varies by clinician, training and location — this profile has not been claimed, so nothing here is a personal claim by the provider.
Conditions
Most searched conditions
Airway disorders
Blood vessel disorders
Critical care
Diagnostic findings
Environmental lung diseases
Genetic conditions
Infections
- Community-acquired pneumonia
- Fungal lung infection
- Legionnaires' Disease
- Lung abscess
- NTM lung infection
- Severe Pneumonia
- Tuberculosis
- Valley fever
- Walking Pneumonia in Children
- Whooping Cough
Inflammatory conditions
Lung growths
Occupational & environmental
Pleural disorders
Post-infection conditions
Sleep disorders
- Excessive daytime sleepiness
- Shallow Breathing In Sleep
- Snoring
- Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome
- Waking Up Gasping Or Choking
Structural lung conditions
Symptoms
- Blue Baby Syndrome
- Chest congestion
- Coughing up blood
- Low oxygen levels
- Rapid Breathing
- Severe asthma attack
- Wheezing
Procedures & services
Most searched procedures
Airway care
Airway management
Biopsies
Biopsies & diagnostics
Breathing tests
- 6-minute walk test
- Asthma challenge test
- Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET)
- Exhaled nitric oxide test
Cancer diagnostic procedures
Consultations
Counseling & prevention
Critical care
Diagnostic procedures
Drainage care
Imaging
Interventional procedures
Lab tests
Lung tests
Medications
Monitoring
Pleural procedures
- Chest tube insertion
- Draining lung fluid
- Medical thoracoscopy
- Permanent chest drain insertion
- Pleural sealing procedure
Procedures
Rehabilitation
Screening
Sleep equipment
Sleep medicine
Sleep treatments
Specialist evaluations
Specialized testing
Treatments
Procedures Most Often Billed to Medicare
396 services · 204 patients · 8 distinct codes
| Procedure | Type | Code | Services |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test to examine how well the lungs exchange gases | Treatment | 94729 |
25 |
| Test to determine lung volumes using gas dilution or washout | Treatment | 94727 |
23 |
| Test to measure expiratory airflow and volume | Treatment | 94010 |
19 |
| Test to measure expiratory airflow and volume changes before and after medication administration | Treatment | 94060 |
18 |
| Albuterol, inhalation solution, fda-approved final product, non-compounded, administered through dme, unit dose, 1 mg | Drug given | J7613 |
52 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | Office visit | 99291 |
104 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes | Office visit | 99233 |
89 |
| Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more | Office visit | 99214 |
66 |
Source: CMS Medicare public data. Shows how often procedures were billed — not quality of care or patient satisfaction.
Related providers
Connections drawn from the registry and from what providers have told us. A link here is not a referral or an endorsement.
Also at this address 4
Providers at the same street address. Each files their own registry entry, so a shared practice often appears under several different names.
Other lung specialists in San Antonio 8
Same specialty, same city.
Trained at Other 8
Other providers in the same specialty who trained at the same institution.
More connections — 16 related providers in 2 groups
Class of 2006 at Other 8
Providers who graduated from the same medical school in the same year.
Also performs Test to examine how well the lungs exchange gases 8
Providers in TX who bill this service to Medicare most often.
Common questions
What does Maria I. Velez specialize in?
Maria I. Velez is a lung specialist in San Antonio, TX. That is the designation recorded for this NPI in the federal registry, where it is listed as “Pulmonary Disease”.
NPI registry
Where is Maria I. Velez located?
Maria I. Velez is listed at 903 W Martin St, San Antonio, TX 78207. Addresses come from the NPI registry and can lag a move, so confirm before travelling.
NPI registry
What is Maria I. Velez's phone number?
The number on file is (210) 358-3400. Guide.md cannot book appointments or pass on messages — please call the office directly.
NPI registry
What is Maria I. Velez's NPI number?
Maria I. Velez's National Provider Identifier is 1881823540. It is issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and is unique and permanent — it does not change if they move practice.
NPI registry
Where did Maria I. Velez train?
Maria I. Velez attended Other, graduating in 2006. This comes from the CMS National Downloadable File.
CMS public data
How long has Maria I. Velez been practicing?
Maria I. Velez has 20 years experience. Calculated from a graduation year of 2006, reported in the CMS National Downloadable File.
CMS public data
What does Maria I. Velez do most often?
According to Medicare billing data, Maria I. Velez provides treatments such as test to examine how well the lungs exchange gases and test to determine lung volumes using gas dilution or washout, alongside routine visits and testing. This reflects Medicare patients only and is billing volume, not a measure of quality.
Medicare claims
Has Maria I. Velez confirmed this information?
Not yet. This profile is built from public federal data and has not been confirmed by Maria I. Velez. If this is you, claiming it is free.
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