Affiliated with a Castle Connolly Top Hospital
Who is Dr. Vazquez, Neurologist in New York, NY?
Where did Dr. Vazquez go to medical school and complete their residency?
Residency: UMDNJ-UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Medical School: Central University of The Caribbean / School of Medicine | Universidad Central Del Caribe
What languages does Dr. Vazquez speak?
Dr. Vazquez and their clinical team can communicate with patients in the following languages:
- English
- Spanish
What conditions does a Neurologist like Dr. Vazquez typically treat?
As a Neurologist, Dr. Vazquez diagnoses, treats, and manages a wide range of conditions. This condition information is derived from anonymized insurance claims and highlights the medical conditions most commonly treated by Dr. Vazquez. It provides insight into the doctor’s areas of experience and expertise based on real-world patient encounters from the past two years, updated quarterly. Learn more about our claims-based healthcare methodology.
Also known as:
- Simple Partial Seizures
- Generalized Epilepsy
- Intractable Focal Epilepsy with Complex Partial Seizures
- Complex Partial Seizures
- Intractable Focal Epilepsy
- Intractable Generalized Epilepsy
- Epilepsy
- Focal Aware Seizures
- Aura Seizures
- Symptomatic Partial Seizures
- Idiopathic generalized epilepsy
- Primary generalized epilepsy
- Generalized seizure disorder
- Drug-resistant complex partial epilepsy
- Refractory focal impaired awareness seizures
- Hard-to-treat complex partial seizures
- Focal Impaired Awareness Seizures
- Temporal Lobe Seizures
- Psychomotor Seizures
- Drug-Resistant Focal Epilepsy
- Difficult-to-Treat Partial Seizures
- Refractory Focal Epilepsy
- Drug-resistant generalized epilepsy
- Refractory generalized seizures
- Hard-to-treat generalized epilepsy
- Seizure disorder
- Convulsive disorder
- Falling sickness
ICD-10 Codes:
- G40109: Localization-related (focal) (partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with simple partial seizures, not intractable, without status epilepticus
- G40309: Generalized idiopathic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes, not intractable, without status epilepticus
- G40219: Localization-related (focal) (partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with complex partial seizures, intractable, without status epilepticus
- G40209: Localization-related (focal) (partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with complex partial seizures, not intractable, without status epilepticus
- G40019: Localization-related (focal) (partial) idiopathic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with seizures of localized onset, intractable, without status epilepticus
- G40319: Generalized idiopathic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes, intractable, without status epilepticus
- G40909: Epilepsy, unspecified, not intractable, without status epilepticus
Also known as:
- Seizures
- Epilepsy
- Convulsions
- Fits
ICD-10 Codes:
- R569: Unspecified convulsions
What procedures does a Neurologist like Dr. Vazquez typically perform?
As a Neurologist, procedures performed by Dr. Blanca Vazquez may include:
- Aging Brain (Neuropsychological Testing)
- Cortical Basal Ganglionic Degeneration (CBGD)
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Disturbance of Skin Sensation
- Electroencephalogram (EEG)
- Evoked Potential Testing
- Gait Simulation
- Greater Occipital Nerve (GON) Block
Please contact Dr. Vazquez's office directly to confirm care for your specific procedure, for more information, or to schedule a consultation.
Does Dr. Vazquez accept my insurance?
Dr. Vazquez accepts most major insurance plans. Important: Please call our office at (646) 558-0806 before your appointment to verify that your specific plan and network are accepted.
What insurance plans does Dr. Vazquez accept in New York, NY?
Dr. Vazquez in New York, NY accepts plans from many carriers. While this list is updated regularly, it is not a guarantee of coverage.
Top Insurances
CVS Health (formerly Aetna)
Elevance Health Inc. (formerly Anthem)
EmblemHealth
H & R Block
Healthfirst New York
Medicaid
Medicare
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
UnitedHealth Group
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Where is Dr. Vazquez's office located?
What hospitals are Dr. Vazquez affiliated with?
Castle Connolly Top Hospital
This doctor is affiliated with a Castle Connolly Top Hospital.
Dr. Vazquez has admitting privileges at the following hospitals:
What is Dr. Vazquez's NPI number?A National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a unique ID number that identifies doctors and healthcare providers nationwide.
Dr. Vazquez's National Provider Identifier (NPI) number is 1255449716.
What common questions do patients ask about Dr. Vazquez?
Here are answers to patients Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s) about Dr. Vazquez
What is Dr. Blanca Vazquez's specialty?
What does a Neurologist do?
A neuropathologist is expert in the diagnosis of diseases of the nervous system and skeletal muscles and functions as a consultant primarily to neurologists and neurosurgeons. The neuropathologist is knowledgeable in the infirmities of humans as they affect the nervous and neuromuscular systems, be they degenerative, infectious, metabolic, immunologic, neoplastic, vascular or physical in nature.
