Physician Profile
Based in Chapel Hill, NC, Thomas E. Buchheit, MD is listed in the NPI registry under interventional pain medicine. Thomas is also listed as specializing in anesthesiology — pain medicine. According to Medicare claims data, Thomas cared for 109 Medicare patients across 1,646 services. The services billed most often include injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 1 mg, injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg, 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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1440 ENVIRON WAY DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
Chapel Hill, NC 27517
Within Interventional Pain Medicine generally. Availability varies by clinician, training and location — this profile has not been claimed, so nothing here is a personal claim by the provider.
Most searched conditions
Abdominal pain
Chest and ribs
Complex pain
Elbow and arm
Foot and ankle
Head & face
Head and neck
Joints
Knee and leg
Muscle pain
Muscles
Nerve pain
Pelvic and groin
Shoulder and arm
Spine
Spine & nerve
Spine & pelvis
Surgical pain
Most searched procedures
Ablation
Diagnostics
Head & face
Implants
Infusion therapy
Injections
Muscle procedures
Nerve ablation
Nerve blocks
Neuromodulation
Regenerative
Regenerative medicine
Spine procedures
Sympathetic blocks
Targeted drug delivery
1,646 services · 109 patients · 6 distinct codes
| Procedure | Type | Code | Services | Compared with peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 1 mg | Drug given | J1010 |
1,350 | Less often than most peers in Interventional Pain Medicine |
| Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg | Drug given | J1100 |
148 | Less often than most peers in Interventional Pain Medicine |
| Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more | Office visit | 99214 |
86 | Less often than most peers in Interventional Pain Medicine |
| Established patient office or other outpatient visit with low level od decision making, if using time, 20 minutes or more | Office visit | 99213 |
27 | Less often than most peers in Interventional Pain Medicine |
| Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all needed health care services and/or with medical care services that are part of ongoing care related to a patient' | Billing code | G2211 |
24 | Less often than most peers in Interventional Pain Medicine |
| New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more | Office visit | 99204 |
11 | Less often than most peers in Interventional Pain Medicine |
Source: CMS Medicare public data. Shows how often procedures were billed — not quality of care or patient satisfaction.
Dr. Buchheit is an interventional pain medicine in Chapel Hill, NC. That is the designation recorded for this NPI in the federal registry.
NPI registry
Dr. Buchheit is listed at 1440 Environ Way Duke University Medical Center, Chapel Hill, NC 27517. Addresses come from the NPI registry and can lag a move, so confirm before travelling.
NPI registry
The number on file is (919) 752-3051. Guide.md cannot book appointments or pass on messages — please call the office directly.
NPI registry
Dr. Buchheit's National Provider Identifier is 1336250158. 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
Dr. Buchheit has 20+ years experience. Registered with an NPI since 2006. National Provider Identifiers only began in 2005, so a provider who qualified earlier may have practiced for longer than this.
NPI registry
According to Medicare billing data, Dr. Buchheit the Medicare record under this individual NPI shows mainly office visits and diagnostic testing. Hospital-based physicians usually have their procedural work billed by the facility rather than under their own number, so this is a floor on their practice, not a description of it. This reflects Medicare patients only and is billing volume, not a measure of quality.
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