Podiatric Medicine & Surgery Service Providers / 211D00000X
Individual · classification
211D00000X Podiatric Assistant
211D00000X is the taxonomy code for Assistant, Podiatric, in the NUCC group “Podiatric Medicine & Surgery Service Providers”. It is a code for individual providers — the kind used on a Type 1 NPI. It has no entry in the CMS Medicare taxonomy crosswalk.
- 1Taxonomy code 211D00000X
- 2Level Classification
- 3Medicare specialty Not in the crosswalk
- 4Codes in this group 9
Definition
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.
— NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy, version 26.1
Where 211D00000X sits
- Group: Podiatric Medicine & Surgery Service Providers — code 1 of 9 in the group
- Classification: Assistant, Podiatric 211D00000X
Assistant, Podiatric has no specializations, so 211D00000X is the only code for it. A provider may report more than one taxonomy code on an NPI but marks one as primary.
Medicare
211D00000X has no entry in the CMS Medicare Provider and Supplier Taxonomy Crosswalk. That usually means Medicare does not enroll this kind of provider under its own specialty — the provider can still hold an NPI and use this code on claims to other payers.
Related codes
No other codes share the classification Assistant, Podiatric. The rest of Podiatric Medicine & Surgery Service Providers is on the group page.
History of 211D00000X
NUCC's notes record no dated changes for 211D00000X. The code set is republished every January and July, when codes are added, retitled or marked inactive; this page reflects version 26.1, so check the NUCC site if you are reading it after the next release.
Similar codes in other groups
If 211D00000X is not quite right, these codes in other groups share a word with it — often the same field practised by a different kind of provider:
- 106E00000X Assistant Behavior Analyst (Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers)
- 126800000X Dental Assistant (Dental Providers)
- 156FX1101X Ophthalmic Assistant (Eye and Vision Services Providers)
- 156FX1201X Optometric Assistant Technician (Eye and Vision Services Providers)
- 163WR0006X Registered Nurse First Assistant (Nursing Service Providers)
- 367H00000X Anesthesiologist Assistant (Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers)
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Using 211D00000X
The code goes in the taxonomy field of the NPI application in NPPES, and on claims where a payer asks for it — box 24J (shaded) or 33b on the CMS-1500 with the ZZ qualifier, or the PRV segment of an 837 electronic claim. Payers match it against the taxonomy on the NPI record and, for Medicare, against the specialty on the enrollment, so all three should agree. To see which code a provider uses, search their NPI in the lookup.
Sources: NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, version 26.1 (CSV). Checked 2026-10-24. Methodology.