# COMAR 10.09.15.04: COMAR 10.09.15.04. Covered Services

> Maryland · Regulations · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MD_COMAR_10_09_15_04

## Section

- **Citation:** COMAR 10.09.15.04
- **Heading:** COMAR 10.09.15.04. Covered Services
- **Jurisdiction:** Maryland
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Code of Maryland Regulations / Title 10 MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH / Subtitle 09 MEDICAL CARE PROGRAMS / Chapter 15 Podiatry Services / COMAR 10.09.15.04

## Text

The Program covers the following medically necessary services:
A. Podiatric services rendered in the podiatrist's office, the participant's home, a hospital, a nursing facility, a free standing clinic, or elsewhere when these services are:
(1) Performed by the podiatrist or another licensed podiatrist in the podiatrist’s employ;
(2) Performed on the:
(a) Human foot or ankle;
(b) Anatomical structures that attach to the human foot; or
(c) Soft tissue below the midcalf;
(3) Clearly related to the participant’s individual medical needs as diagnostic, curative, palliative, or rehabilitative services; and
(4) Adequately described on the participant’s medical record.
B. Routine podiatric care rendered in an office, home, nursing home, or licensed assisted living facility for participants who have a metabolic, neurologic, or vascular disease affecting the lower extremities, including but not limited to:
(1) Arteriosclerosis obliterans (A.S.O., arteriosclerosis of the extremities, occlusive peripheral arteriosclerosis);
(2) Buerger’s disease (thromboangiitis obliterans);
(3) Peripheral neuropathies involving the feet, associated with:
(a) Traumatic injury;
(b) Leprosy or neurosyphilis; or
(c) Hereditary disorders, such as hereditary sensory radicular neuropathy, angiokeratoma corporis diffusum (Fabry’s) and amyloid neuropathy; and
(4) The following conditions, if the patient is under the active care of a doctor of medicine or osteopathy who documents the condition:
(a) Diabetes mellitus;
(b) Chronic thrombophlebitis;
(c) Peripheral neuropathies involving the feet, associated with:
(i) Malnutrition and vitamin deficiency such as malnutrition (general and pellagra), alcoholism, malabsorption (celiac disease and tropical sprue), and pernicious anemia;
(ii) Carcinoma;
(iii) Diabetes mellitus;
(iv) Drugs and toxins;
cine or osteopathy who documents the condition:
(a) Diabetes mellitus;
(b) Chronic thrombophlebitis;
(c) Peripheral neuropathies involving the feet, associated with:
(i) Malnutrition and vitamin deficiency such as malnutrition (general and pellagra), alcoholism, malabsorption (celiac disease and tropical sprue), and pernicious anemia;
(ii) Carcinoma;
(iii) Diabetes mellitus;
(iv) Drugs and toxins;
(v) Multiple sclerosis; or
(vi) Uremia (chronic renal disease).
C. Drugs dispensed by the podiatrist in an emergency or drugs which cannot be self-administered within the limitations of COMAR 10.09.03 ;
D. Injectable drugs administered by the podiatrist within the limitations of COMAR 10.09.03 ;
E. Medical equipment and supplies prescribed by the podiatrist within the limitations of COMAR 10.09.12 ; and
F. Emergency services and related follow-up care.

## Nearby sections

- [COMAR 10.09.15.01 COMAR 10.09.15.01. Definitions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MD_COMAR_10_09_15_01.md)
- [COMAR 10.09.15.02 COMAR 10.09.15.02. License Requirements](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MD_COMAR_10_09_15_02.md)
- [COMAR 10.09.15.03 COMAR 10.09.15.03. Conditions for Participation](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MD_COMAR_10_09_15_03.md)
- [COMAR 10.09.15.04 COMAR 10.09.15.04. Covered Services](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MD_COMAR_10_09_15_04.md)
- [COMAR 10.09.15.05 COMAR 10.09.15.05. Limitations](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MD_COMAR_10_09_15_05.md)
- [COMAR 10.09.15.06 COMAR 10.09.15.06. Preauthorization](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MD_COMAR_10_09_15_06.md)
- [COMAR 10.09.15.07 COMAR 10.09.15.07. Payment Procedures](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MD_COMAR_10_09_15_07.md)
- [COMAR 10.09.15.08 COMAR 10.09.15.08. Recovery and Reimbursement](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MD_COMAR_10_09_15_08.md)
- [COMAR 10.09.15.09 COMAR 10.09.15.09. Cause for Suspension or Removal and Imposition of Sanctions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MD_COMAR_10_09_15_09.md)
- [COMAR 10.09.15.10 COMAR 10.09.15.10. Appeal Procedures](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MD_COMAR_10_09_15_10.md)
- [COMAR 10.09.15.11 COMAR 10.09.15.11. Interpretive Regulation](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MD_COMAR_10_09_15_11.md)

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