Podiatrist
17,361 active US providers register Podiatrist as their primary taxonomy. That is 0.2% of every provider in the registry, and the 90th largest of 584 specialties with a page here.
- Taxonomy code
- 213E00000X
- Grouping
- Podiatric Medicine & Surgery Service Providers
- Classification
- Podiatrist
- Active providers
- 17,361
- States covered
- 51 of 51
What the code means
A podiatrist is a person qualified by a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (D.P.M.) degree, licensed by the state, and practicing within the scope of that license. Podiatrists diagnose and treat foot diseases and deformities. They perform medical, surgical and other operative procedures, prescribe corrective devices and prescribe and administer drugs and physical therapy.
Definition quoted verbatim from the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, version 25.1. Not paraphrased.
Where they are
Counted by practice location, not by mailing address or by licence state. A provider practising across a state line is counted where they practise.
| State | Providers | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 1,996 | |
| California | 1,463 | |
| Florida | 1,389 | |
| Pennsylvania | 1,082 | |
| Illinois | 977 | |
| Ohio | 973 | |
| Texas | 968 | |
| New Jersey | 932 | |
| Michigan | 795 | |
| Maryland | 488 | |
| Georgia | 436 | |
| Massachusetts | 406 | |
| Arizona | 356 | |
| Virginia | 335 | |
| Indiana | 318 |
Showing the 15 largest of 51 states with at least one.
Who registers under this code
10,462 of these are people and 6,899 are organisations, so 40% of the code is businesses rather than clinicians. Half of them had registered by 2007, and 1,512 registered in the last five years, 9% of the current population.
That is a slow-growing code, which usually means an established field replacing retirements rather than expanding.
Where the practices are
By practice-location city. City counts are noisier than state counts, because a large employer files one address for many providers.
- BROOKLYN, NY265
- CHICAGO, IL265
- NEW YORK, NY248
- PHILADELPHIA, PA161
- HOUSTON, TX153
- MIAMI, FL116
- BRONX, NY103
- LOS ANGELES, CA96
- CINCINNATI, OH88
- BALTIMORE, MD83
What else they list
Providers whose primary code is Podiatrist most often carry these secondary taxonomies as well. This is the closest thing the registry has to a map of which specialties overlap in practice, and it is not published anywhere else.
| Also listed | Providers | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Foot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist | 1,620 | 9.3% |
| Foot Surgery Podiatrist | 625 | 3.6% |
| Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies | 491 | 2.8% |
| Primary Podiatric Medicine Podiatrist | 418 | 2.4% |
| Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | 389 | 2.2% |
| Sports Medicine Podiatrist | 234 | 1.3% |
| Radiology Podiatrist | 150 | 0.9% |
| Public Medicine Podiatrist | 76 | 0.4% |
Nearby specialties
Other taxonomies NUCC files under Podiatrist.
- Foot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist16,825
- Foot Surgery Podiatrist2,765
- Primary Podiatric Medicine Podiatrist1,880
Looking up a specific provider
These counts come from the monthly NPPES file. To check one provider, use their NPI: the lookup reads the live registry and shows whether the identifier is still active, which the monthly file cannot tell you about the last few weeks.
Counts from npidata_pfile_20050523-20260712.csv, built 2026-08-09. Primary taxonomy only, deactivated identifiers excluded.