Podiatric Assistant providers in the U.S.
52 NPPES records list podiatric assistant as their primary taxonomy; Arizona and Hawaii have the most per resident. 2 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 211D00000X means
211D00000X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Assistant, Podiatric, in the grouping Podiatric Medicine & Surgery Service Providers. 52 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
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.
Source: NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, definition as NUCC publishes it (nucc.org); counts from CMS NPPES.
Most per resident: the 8 highest
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 211D00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Tucson has the most, 12
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 211D00000X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 19 states and D.C. with records, by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 14 | 0.2 |
| California | 3 | 0.0 |
| Colorado | 2 | 0.0 |
| Delaware | 1 | 0.1 |
| Florida | 1 | 0.0 |
| Georgia | 1 | 0.0 |
| Hawaii | 3 | 0.2 |
| Kentucky | 1 | 0.0 |
| Maryland | 1 | 0.0 |
| Michigan | 3 | 0.0 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 1 | 0.0 |
| Missouri | 1 | 0.0 |
| New York | 6 | 0.0 |
| Ohio | 1 | 0.0 |
| Oregon | 1 | 0.0 |
| Pennsylvania | 4 | 0.0 |
| South Carolina | 1 | 0.0 |
| Texas | 5 | 0.0 |
| Washington | 1 | 0.0 |
In federal data
- NUCC code211D00000X · Assistant, Podiatric
- Size rank573rd of 688 specialties by records (0% of all)
- Part D prescribers2 (3.8% of records)
- Part D claims198 a year per prescriber, on average (277th of 496)
- Industry payments2 physicians paid $1K in 2024, $547 each on average
- Concentration4 states hold half of all records
Source: CMS NPPES; Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Presence in these files is not a quality judgment.
A sample of podiatric assistant records
- Danny DoanPhoenix, AZ1649080359
- Jigar Patel, DPMMesa, AZ1154181766
- Gavin Glover, DPMTucson, AZ1225611106
- Nicholas Pietrek, DPMTucson, AZ1497450589
- Angel LinTucson, AZ1235999038
- Joshua Davis, DPMTucson, AZ1447099858
- Michelle Pham, DPMTucson, AZ1720873425
- Nicole Deluca, DPMTucson, AZ1366238925
- Derek JacksonTucson, AZ1699561209
- Tara Sullivan, DPMTucson, AZ1992596217
- Rameesha Asif-Sattar, DPMTucson, AZ1447190079
- Carlos IxtaTucson, AZ1487595674
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Why is Podiatric Assistant a thin NUCC code in NPPES?
Only 52 NPIs list Podiatric Assistant as primary taxonomy across 20 states (peak Arizona, 14). That is 573rd of 688 NUCC codes by headcount. Thin codes are still searchable by NPI; do not treat the low count as a quality signal.
Do the few Podiatric Assistant NPIs in Open Payments look unusual?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 2 paid Podiatric Assistant physicians totaling $1K (32 payments; average $547, 282nd of 470 by average). Presence is not a quality judgment; thin specialties often have sparse payment rows.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Podiatric Assistant NPIs, 2 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 198 claims and $20K drug cost per prescriber; 277th of 496 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org); Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts are self-designated primary taxonomy, not board certification.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.