Physician
Walter K Nahm MD PHD INC
Walter K Nahm MD PHD INC was paid $15.28M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 34 billing codes. Its largest line is 96922, — 26% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoWALTER K NAHM MD PHD INC
SAN DIEGO, CA 92123
SAN DIEGO, CA 92123
33aNPI1720110968assigned 03/12/2007
33bProvider typeDermatology Physician
28Total paid$15.28M
24GClaims101,233
24DCodes billed34
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dermatology Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#5 of 187
Median peer was paid$26K
This provider vs. median583×
Peers share this provider's primary NPPES type and state. Size alone says nothing about billing quality: a big agency or a hospital system is expected to sit far above the median.
Box 24A · Dates of service
Paid by month
Paid that monthNov–Dec 2024: claims still arriving when the file was cut, so these months run low for every provider
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 15,341 | $1.96M | |
| 2019 | 15,128 | $1.96M | |
| 2020 | 13,919 | $1.90M | |
| 2021 | 16,846 | $2.85M | |
| 2022 | 17,466 | $3.02M | |
| 2023 | 15,617 | $2.55M | |
| 2024incomplete | 6,916 | $1.05M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96922 | 26% | 16,301 | 3,724 | $3.93M | |
| 99214 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, moderate complexity | 14% | 17,591 | 14,930 | $2.14M |
| 17004 | 9.9% | 9,957 | 9,451 | $1.52M | |
| 17111 | 7.7% | 9,763 | 9,279 | $1.17M | |
| 14001 | 6.6% | 1,445 | 1,314 | $1.00M | |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 6.1% | 11,944 | 7,485 | $935K |
| 88305 | Level IV - Surgical pathology, gross and microscopic examination | 6.1% | 11,987 | 9,215 | $932K |
| 14041 | 5.1% | 1,003 | 969 | $773K | |
| 11303 | 3.8% | 4,115 | 3,622 | $577K | |
| 99204 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, moderate complexity | 3.2% | 2,788 | 2,788 | $485K |
| 11106 | 2.5% | 2,592 | 2,172 | $376K | |
| 11313 | 2.1% | 1,811 | 1,572 | $316K |
22 more codes
| 11308 | 1.6% | 1,808 | $239K | |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine) | 1.0% | 1,382 | $157K |
| 11302 | <1% | 1,352 | $151K | |
| 10061 | <1% | 758 | $149K | |
| 14021 | <1% | 139 | $99K | |
| 15002 | <1% | 267 | $77K | |
| 11901 | <1% | 1,061 | $76K | |
| 15004 | <1% | 92 | $30K | |
| 11301 | <1% | 233 | $27K | |
| 11307 | <1% | 209 | $26K | |
| 11312 | <1% | 156 | $19K | |
| J3301 | Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | <1% | 1,218 | $13K |
| 96372 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular | <1% | 836 | $12K |
| 17312 | <1% | 14 | $10K | |
| 17311 | <1% | 23 | $10K | |
| 11104 | <1% | 57 | $8K | |
| 13131 | <1% | 26 | $7K | |
| 11105 | <1% | 41 | $3K | |
| G9920 | Screening performed and negative | <1% | 94 | $2K |
| 11900 | <1% | 42 | $2K | |
| 99406 | <1% | 83 | $1K | |
| G2012 | Brief communication technology-based service, e.g. virtual check-in, by a physician or other qualified health care professional who can report evaluation and management services, provided to an established patient, not originating from a related e/m service provided within the previous 7 days nor leading to an e/m service or procedure within the next 24 hours or soonest available appointment; 5-10 minutes of medical discussion | <1% | 45 | $649.18 |
Claims and beneficiary counts add up across code × month rows, so one patient seen every month counts many times. Rows with fewer than 12 claims are suppressed by HHS, so small lines can be missing.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialDABBS, JAMES (OFFICE MANAGER)