Affiliated with a Castle Connolly Top Hospital
Who is Dr. Best, Neurologist in San Francisco, CA?
What languages does Dr. Best speak?
Dr. Best and their clinical team can communicate with patients in the following languages:
- English
What conditions does a Neurologist like Dr. Best typically treat?
As a Neurologist, Dr. Best 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. Best. 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:
- Alzheimer's Disease
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- AD
- Alzheimer's Dementia
- Memory Loss Disease
ICD-10 Codes:
- G309: Alzheimer's disease, unspecified
Also known as:
- Memory Loss
- Memory
- Amnesia
- Forgetfulness
- Loss of Recall
ICD-10 Codes:
- R413: Other amnesia
Also known as:
- Lewy Body Dementia
- Mild Dementia
- Dementia with Lewy bodies
- Dementia
- Dementia with Lewy Bodies
- DLB
- Lewy Body Disease
- Mild cognitive impairment
- Early stage dementia
- Mild memory loss
ICD-10 Codes:
- G3183: Neurocognitive disorder with Lewy bodies
- F03A0: Unspecified dementia, mild, without behavioral disturbance, psychotic disturbance, mood disturbance, and anxiety
Also known as:
- Simple Partial Seizures
- Epilepsy
- Focal Aware Seizures
- Aura Seizures
- Symptomatic Partial Seizures
- 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
- G40909: Epilepsy, unspecified, not intractable, without status epilepticus
Also known as:
- Migraine
- Migraine headache
- Severe headache
- Vascular headache
ICD-10 Codes:
- G43909: Migraine, unspecified, not intractable, without status migrainosus
Also known as:
- Tremor
- Shaking
- Involuntary Shaking
- Essential Tremor
- Parkinsonian Tremor
ICD-10 Codes:
- R251: Tremor, unspecified
Also known as:
- Seizures
- Epilepsy
- Convulsions
- Fits
ICD-10 Codes:
- R569: Unspecified convulsions
What procedures does a Neurologist like Dr. Best typically perform?
As a Neurologist, procedures performed by Dr. John Best 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. Best's office directly to confirm care for your specific procedure, for more information, or to schedule a consultation.
Does Dr. Best accept my insurance?
Dr. Best accepts most major insurance plans. Important: Please call our office at (415) 353-2057 before your appointment to verify that your specific plan and network are accepted.
What insurance plans does Dr. Best accept in San Francisco, CA?
Dr. Best in San Francisco, CA accepts plans from many carriers. While this list is updated regularly, it is not a guarantee of coverage.
Top Insurances
Health Plan of San Joaquin
Kaiser Permanente
Medicare
State of California
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Where is Dr. Best's office located?
What hospitals are Dr. Best affiliated with?
Castle Connolly Top Hospital
This doctor is affiliated with a Castle Connolly Top Hospital.
Dr. Best has admitting privileges at the following hospitals:
What is Dr. Best's NPI number?A National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a unique ID number that identifies doctors and healthcare providers nationwide.
Dr. Best's National Provider Identifier (NPI) number is 1871955476.
What common questions do patients ask about Dr. Best?
Here are answers to patients Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s) about Dr. Best
What is Dr. John Best'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.