Authority: IC 12-15-1-10; IC 12-15-21-2; IC 12-15-21-3

Affected: IC 12-13-7-3; IC 12-15

Sec. 3. (a) Routine foot care includes the following:

1. (1) Cutting or removal of corns, calluses, or warts (including plantar warts).
2. (2) Trimming of nails, including mycotic nails.

3. (3) Treatment of a fungal (mycotic) infection of the toenail is routine foot care only when:

   1. (A) clinical evidence of infection of the toenail is present; and
   2. (B) compelling medical evidence exists documenting that the patient either has a marked limitation of ambulation requiring active treatment of the foot or, in the case of a nonambulatory patient, has a condition that is likely to result in significant medical complications in the absence of such treatment.

(b) A maximum of six (6) routine foot care services per year are covered and only when a patient:

1. (1) has a systemic disease of sufficient severity that unskilled performance of such procedure would be hazardous; and
2. (2) the systemic condition has resulted in severe circulatory embarrassment or areas of desensitization in the legs or feet.

Prior authorization for routine foot care is not required. However, no more than six (6) visits per year are covered. The patient must have been seen by a medical doctor or doctor of osteopathy for treatment or evaluation of the systemic disease during the six (6) month period prior to the rendering of routine foot care services. Documentation that the treatment or evaluation occurred within six (6) months prior to routine foot care must be included with the claim, as well as documentation of the nature of the systemic condition and the foot condition being treated.

(Office of the Secretary of Family and Social Services; 405 IAC 5-26-3; filed Jul 25, 1997, 4:00 p.m.: 20 IR 3348; readopted filed Jun 27, 2001, 9:40 a.m.: 24 IR 3822; readopted filed Sep 19, 2007, 12:16 p.m.: 20071010-IR-405070311RFA; readopted filed Oct 28, 2013, 3:18 p.m.: 20131127-IR-405130241RFA; readopted filed Nov 13, 2019, 11:54 a.m.: 20191211-IR-405190487RFA; readopted filed May 30, 2023, 11:54 a.m.: 20230628-IR-405230292RFA)