Podiatric Assistant
Taxonomy Code 211D00000X

Classification: Assistant, Podiatric

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Description

An individual who assists a podiatrist in tasks, such as exposing and developing x-rays; taking and recording patient histories; assisting in biomechanical evaluations and negative castings; preparing and sterilizing instruments and equipment; providing the patient with postoperative instructions; applying surgical dressings; preparing the patient for treatment, padding, and strapping; and performing routine office procedures.

Notes

Source: (1) Lexikon: Dictionary of Health Care Terms, Organizations and Acronyms for the Era of Reform, The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois: 1994, p. 622.

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Podiatric Assistants Ratio per State

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The NPI Database was last updated on 1/9/2024 with 8,131,459 records.

Podiatric Assistants per State