Active NPI 1255858247 Individual Practitioner Female Practitioner

Ame Phitwong , ARNP

Dermatology • Edmonds, WA

✓ Accepts Medicare Assignment

Professional Overview & Biography Verified Profile Summary

Ame Phitwong, ARNP is a certified Dermatology practicing in Edmonds, WA. With approximately 9 years of clinical experience since completing medical education in 2017, Ame Phitwong delivers high-quality medical care to the local community at 21727 76TH AVE W STE H.

Ame Phitwong is affiliated with Peacehealth Medical Group and accepts Medicare assignment.

Frequently performed procedures and clinical services include destruction of precancer skin growth, 2-14 growths, established patient outpatient office visit, destruction of skin growth. Full Medicare procedure pricing transparency rates and service volume details are listed on this profile.

Practice Location & Contact Primary Location

Practice Address

21727 76th Ave W Ste H

Edmonds, WA 980267549

Telephone 4256721333

Fax 4256727755

Associated Practice Facility / Clinic

🏢 Puget Sound Dermatology, Pllc Facility NPI 1932345840

Medicare Profile & Education

Medical School

Other

Graduation Year

2017

Medicare Assignment

✓ Accepts Assignment

Telehealth Flag

In-Person Only

Specialty Benchmarks & Practice Insights

Comparative analytics for Dermatology in Edmonds, WA

Experienced Practitioner (5-10 Yrs)

Practitioner Clinical Experience

9 Yrs -5.8 yrs vs City Avg

City Avg: 14.8 Yrs

State Avg: 19.7 Yrs

Regional Practice Density

7 Specialists

Practicing in Edmonds, WA (397 Statewide)

Telehealth Adoption Rate

0.0% Regional Adoption

In-Person Office Visits Only

Medicare Pricing Discount

61.9% Avg Savings

Under CMS Medicare Fee Schedule vs Standard Submitted Charges

Clinical Seniority & Experience Comparison

Dr. Phitwong (9 Years) 9 Yrs

Edmonds Specialty Average (14.8 Years) 14.8 Yrs

Performed Procedures & Service Volume

Top Medicare Part B procedures performed by this practitioner

CMS Official Data (2024)

Reporting Year:

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
17003 Destruction of precancer skin growth, 2-14 growths	1,509	244	$9.35	$5.48
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes	385	304	$207.57	$74.09
17000 Destruction of skin growth	381	289	$144.12	$47.66
11102 Tangential biopsy of single skin lesion	158	144	$146.11	$77.26
96910 Skin application of tar and ultraviolet B or petrolatum and ultraviolet B	147	12	$352.56	$97.34
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	146	119	$303.62	$103.83
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit with low level of medical decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	117	117	$256.77	$91.07
17110 Destruction of up to 14 skin growths	77	67	$228.38	$91.34
17004 Destruction of precancer skin growth, 15 or more growths	69	63	$325.30	$134.51
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more	45	45	$409.67	$136.32
11103 Biopsy of related skin growth, each additional growth	40	33	$79.60	$41.16
11104 Punch biopsy, first skin growth	37	35	$212.27	$102.68
99212 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with straightforward medical decision making, if using time, 10 minutes or more	37	36	$111.00	$46.45
11105 Punch biopsy, each additional skin growth	17	14	$109.12	$48.67
12032 Intermediate repair of wound of scalp, underarms, trunk, arms, or legs, 2.6-7.5 cm	16	14	$625.97	$232.95
99202 New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes	16	16	$150.69	$59.28
17111 Destruction of skin growth, 15 or more growths	12	11	$262.00	$109.51

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
17003 Destruction of precancer skin growth, 2-14 growths	1,377	207	$17.00	$5.58
17000 Destruction of skin growth	350	257	$142.32	$47.36
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes	323	261	$232.00	$74.53
11102 Tangential biopsy of single skin lesion	176	165	$255.42	$81.32
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit with low level of medical decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	160	160	$282.00	$92.58
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	114	94	$330.00	$105.28
17004 Destruction of precancer skin growth, 15 or more growths	80	68	$420.00	$138.52
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more	65	65	$425.00	$136.04
17110 Destruction of up to 14 skin growths	51	42	$285.29	$91.93
99212 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with straightforward medical decision making, if using time, 10 minutes or more	40	38	$144.00	$46.88
J3301 Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg	36	11	$5.17	$1.07
11103 Biopsy of related skin growth, each additional growth	36	30	$134.00	$42.06
11104 Punch biopsy, first skin growth	35	33	$321.54	$102.12
12032 Intermediate repair of wound of scalp, underarms, trunk, arms, or legs, 2.6-7.5 cm	23	22	$767.93	$248.41
17111 Destruction of skin growth, 15 or more growths	20	15	$339.00	$110.86
69100 Biopsy of ear	18	14	$187.50	$58.18
11900 Injection into skin growth, 1-7 growths	15	11	$104.87	$34.86
11602 Removal of cancer skin growth of body, arms, or legs, 1.1-2.0 cm	14	13	$314.00	$102.12
11105 Punch biopsy, each additional skin growth	14	12	$155.00	$49.43
99202 New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes	13	13	$184.00	$60.00

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
17003 Destruction of precancer skin growth, 2-14 growths	902	137	$17.00	$5.62
17000 Destruction of skin growth	243	182	$141.73	$46.43
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes	206	172	$232.00	$74.79
11102 Tangential biopsy of single skin lesion	141	134	$259.40	$82.84
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit with low level of medical decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	127	127	$282.00	$91.55
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	86	72	$330.00	$104.54
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more	55	55	$425.00	$137.51
17110 Destruction of up to 14 skin growths	43	33	$284.23	$91.35
11103 Biopsy of related skin growth, each additional growth	36	27	$134.00	$42.39
17004 Destruction of precancer skin growth, 15 or more growths	35	28	$420.00	$139.75
99212 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with straightforward medical decision making, if using time, 10 minutes or more	34	27	$144.00	$46.43
11104 Punch biopsy, first skin growth	31	31	$320.32	$102.54
99202 New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes	21	21	$184.00	$60.13
11105 Punch biopsy, each additional skin growth	16	14	$155.00	$49.51
69100 Biopsy of ear	14	14	$196.43	$62.94

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
17003 Destruction of precancer skin growth, 2-14 growths	590	90	$15.60	$5.51
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes	146	129	$211.41	$76.08
17000 Destruction of skin growth	140	122	$139.95	$46.07
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit with low level of medical decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	89	89	$274.67	$92.87
11102 Tangential biopsy of single skin lesion	86	86	$254.80	$83.57
J3301 Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg	35	12	$9.09	$1.28
99212 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with straightforward medical decision making, if using time, 10 minutes or more	35	29	$138.13	$47.68
99202 New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes	28	28	$178.83	$60.50
17110 Destruction of up to 14 skin growths	28	27	$283.33	$94.88
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	23	23	$330.00	$107.46
11103 Biopsy of related skin growth, each additional growth	21	18	$131.47	$44.24
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more	19	19	$419.13	$138.35
11104 Punch biopsy, first skin growth	17	17	$317.09	$104.14
17004 Destruction of precancer skin growth, 15 or more growths	11	11	$420.00	$136.79

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
17003 Destruction of precancer skin growth, 2-14 growths	408	47	$16.83	$5.25
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes	123	85	$148.85	$63.44
17000 Destruction of skin growth	80	63	$171.88	$49.26
11102 Tangential biopsy of single skin lesion	30	27	$202.00	$84.18
99202 New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes	22	22	$153.00	$65.50
17110 Destruction of up to 14 skin growths	13	11	$235.00	$89.50

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
17003 Destruction of precancer skin growth, 2-14 growths	547	83	$12.30	$5.04
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes	157	120	$133.79	$64.19
17000 Destruction of skin growth	140	105	$129.92	$49.47
99202 New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes	67	67	$135.18	$66.89
17110 Destruction of up to 14 skin growths	39	38	$190.98	$98.48
11102 Tangential biopsy of single skin lesion	36	34	$183.22	$80.35
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit with low level of medical decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	25	25	$174.95	$96.82
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	22	20	$152.19	$99.34
99335 Established patient assisted living visit, typically 25 minutes	14	12	$128.07	$83.67

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
17003 Destruction of precancer skin growth, 2-14 growths	951	141	$8.65	$4.95
17000 Destruction of skin growth	256	173	$82.97	$48.26
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with high level of medical decision making, if using time, 40 minutes or more	176	116	$147.74	$132.82
17110 Destruction of up to 14 skin growths	135	92	$106.93	$101.07
99202 New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes	118	118	$77.78	$68.97
11100 Biopsy of single growth of skin and/or tissue	100	91	$109.34	$90.85
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit with low level of medical decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	89	89	$115.47	$98.84
99201 New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes	78	78	$43.64	$41.37
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes	61	51	$81.23	$66.53
17004 Destruction of precancer skin growth, 15 or more growths	60	40	$186.85	$135.21
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	34	29	$109.05	$98.71
11101 Biopsy of each additional growth of skin and/or tissue	28	21	$34.56	$30.21
99212 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with straightforward medical decision making, if using time, 10 minutes or more	26	24	$44.96	$40.68
99324 New patient assisted living visit, typically 20 minutes	14	14	$65.35	$49.62
10060 Simple or single drainage of skin abscess	13	12	$116.48	$107.13

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
17003 Destruction of precancer skin growth, 2-14 growths	56	13	$8.25	$5.24
17000 Destruction of skin growth	23	19	$80.44	$53.88
99202 New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes	16	16	$75.14	$68.36

Medical Specialties & State Licenses

CMS Verified: 2020-02-26

Dermatology Primary Specialty

NUCC Taxonomy Code: 207N00000X

State License WA AP60791082

A dermatologist is trained to diagnose and treat pediatric and adult patients with benign and malignant disorders of the skin, mouth, external genitalia, hair and nails, as well as a number of sexually transmitted diseases. The dermatologist has had additional training and experience in the diagnosis and treatment of skin cancers, melanomas, moles and other tumors of the skin, the management of contact dermatitis and other allergic and nonallergic skin disorders, and in the recognition of the skin manifestations of systemic (including internal malignancy) and infectious diseases. Dermatologists have special training in dermatopathology and in the surgical techniques used in dermatology. They also have expertise in the management of cosmetic disorders of the skin such as hair loss and scars and the skin changes associated with aging.

Nurse Practitioner

NUCC Taxonomy Code: 363L00000X

State License WA AP60791082

(1) A registered nurse provider with a graduate degree in nursing prepared for advanced practice involving independent and interdependent decision making and direct accountability for clinical judgment across the health care continuum or in a certified specialty. (2) A registered nurse who has completed additional training beyond basic nursing education and who provides primary health care services in accordance with state nurse practice laws or statutes. Tasks performed by nurse practitioners vary with practice requirements mandated by geographic, political, economic, and social factors. Nurse practitioner specialists include, but are not limited to, family nurse practitioners, gerontological nurse practitioners, pediatric nurse practitioners, obstetric-gynecologic nurse practitioners, and school nurse practitioners.

Hospital & Practice Group Affiliations

Peacehealth Medical Group

4010 Aerial Way, Eugene, OR 974029757

Phone: 6132724978

Secondary Practice Locations

317 Nw 41st St Apt 309

Seattle, WA 981075066

Phone: 9715705947

Practice Associates & Co-Workers

Healthcare professionals and specialists practicing at this location or sharing practice phone/fax

2 Associated Practitioners

Dr. Melanie Kuechle , MD

Dermatology

NPI 1184700981

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Dr. Sheena Nguyen , DO

Dermatology

NPI 1356753743

Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)

Career & Practice History Timeline

Chronological log of verified NPI updates, location relocations, credentials, and registry changes

9 Historical Events

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Updated Practice Location February 26, 2020

Registered at 21727 76TH AVE W STE H, EDMONDS, WA 980267549 (Tel: 4256721333)

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Updated Business Mailing Address February 26, 2020

Registered at 21727 76TH AVE W STE H, EDMONDS, WA 980267549 (Tel: 4256721333)

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Medical Taxonomy / Specialty Registered (Primary Specialty) February 26, 2020

Dermatology (License #AP60791082 in WA)

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NPI Profile Active August 29, 2017

NPI status registered as active in NPPES database

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Updated Practice Location August 29, 2017

Registered at 317 NW 41ST ST APT 309, SEATTLE, WA 981075066 (Tel: 9715705947)

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Updated Business Mailing Address August 29, 2017

Registered at 317 NW 41ST ST APT 309, SEATTLE, WA 981075066 (Tel: 9715705947)

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Provider Name / Credentials Updated August 29, 2017

Recorded as AME PHITWONG, ARNP

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Medical Taxonomy / Specialty Registered (Primary Specialty) August 29, 2017

Nurse Practitioner (License #AP60791082 in WA)

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Initial NPI Registration & Enumeration August 29, 2017

First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.

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NPI Administrative Meta

NPI Number: 1255858247

Entity Type:

Individual Provider Physician, Nurse Practitioner, or Solo Healthcare Professional (Type 1 NPI)

Enumeration Date: August 29, 2017

Last Update: February 26, 2020

Sole Proprietor: No

Update or Correct Profile

Mailing Address

21727 76th Ave W Ste H

Edmonds, WA 980267549

Phone: 4256721333

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