Foot orthotics are considered medically necessary for patients who meet the following criteria:
(these conditions are strictly related to the foot, ankle, knee, or the spine)
- Anomalies of toes
- Buerger’s disease (thromboangiitis obliterans, thrombophlebitis)
- Bunions
- Bursitis (submetatatarsal)
- Calcaneal bursitis
- Calcaneal spurs (heel spurs)
- Chronic ankle instability
- Circulation poor
- Diabetes
- Ganglion cyst foot/ankle
- Hallux Valgus
- Hammertoes
- Inflammation foot (Sesamoiditis)
- Medial osteoarthritis of the knee
- Neurologically impaired feet: neuroma
- Osteomyelitis
- Peripheral vascular disease
- Pes deformities (flat foot or high arches)
- Plantar Fascial Fibromatosis
- Plantar fasciitis
- Synovial cyst
- Synovitis
- Talipes deformities
- Tarsal tunnel syndrome
- Tendonitis foot/ankle
- Tenosynovitis foot/ankle
- Ulceration
