Foot Care Services. Covered services must include routine foot care when any Enrollee's (regardless of age) physical condition poses a hazard due to the presence of localized illness, injury or symptoms involving the foot, or when performed as a necessary and integral part of otherwise covered services such as the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes, ulcers, and infections. APPENDIX K October 1, 2004 K-18 Services provided by a podiatrist for persons under twenty-one (21) must be covered upon referral of a physician, registered physician's assistant, certified nurse practitioner or certified midwife. Routine hygienic care of the feet, the treatment of corns and calluses, the trimming of nails, and other hygienic care such as cleaning or soaking feet, is not covered in the absence of a pathological condition.
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Foot Care Services. Covered services must include routine foot care when any Enrollee's (regardless of age) physical condition poses a hazard due to the presence of localized illness, injury or symptoms involving the foot, or when performed as a necessary and integral part of otherwise covered services such as the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes, ulcers, and infections. APPENDIX K H October 1, 2004 K-18 Services provided by a podiatrist for persons under twenty-one (21) must be covered upon referral of a physician, registered physician's assistant, certified nurse practitioner or certified midwife. Routine hygienic care of the feet, the treatment of corns and calluses, the trimming of nails, and other hygienic care such as cleaning or soaking feet, is not covered in the absence of a pathological condition.
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Samples: Wellcare Health Plans, Inc.
Foot Care Services. Covered services must include routine foot care when any Enrollee's ’s (regardless of age) physical condition poses a hazard due to the presence of localized illness, injury or symptoms involving the foot, or when performed as a necessary and integral part of otherwise covered services such as the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes, ulcers, and infections. APPENDIX K October January 1, 2004 2005 K-18 Services provided by a podiatrist for persons under twenty-one (21) must be covered upon referral of a physician, registered physician's ’s assistant, certified nurse practitioner or certified midwife. Routine hygienic care of the feet, the treatment of corns and calluses, the trimming of nails, and other hygienic care such as cleaning or soaking feet, is not covered in the absence of a pathological condition.
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Samples: Wellcare Health Plans, Inc.