Fee schedule: Podiatry

Fee schedule: Podiatry services

Services included Service code Fee
Initial Visit  A005 $68.49
Continuing Treatment (per visit)  A006 $51.68
Follow-up Visit (with no further treatment) A001 $21.65
Emergency Call - First Patient Seen K992 $44.53
Emergency Call - Each additional patient (includes travel time) K993 $19.08

Acupuncture (per visit)

5130

$49.98

Note: Acupuncture (per visit)

  • An initial trial of up to six treatments may be allowed.
  • Requests for extensions must be submitted in writing and pre-approved by the WSIB.
  • Must be delivered by a regulated health professional with appropriate training completed at an educational facility that offers a certification program in acupuncture and adheres to the standards of the College of Podiatrists of Ontario.

Additional note: Payment for reports is included in the fee for podiatry services. Therefore, a separate report fee should not be submitted to the WSIB.

Fee schedule: Podiatry radiological services

Services included Service code Fee
Foot - two or three views X069 $20.65
Foot - four or more views X229 $31.00
Toe - two views X072 X072 $15.65
Toe - three or more views X230 X230 $22.90

Fee schedule: Podiatry injections

Services included Service code Fee
Steroids – puncture of aspiration of joint effusion or injection of medication  G370 $18.90
Steroids - each additional site  G371 $9.50
Anaesthesia – One Nerve or more  G231 $32.45
Anaesthesia – Additional Nerve(s) or Sites(s) – Add  G223 $16.25

Podiatry surgical services

All fees include:

  • use of the facility
  • dressing and follow up

Fee schedule: Skin and soft tissue

Services included Service code Fee
Incision & Drainage of Onychia or Paronychia (without nail avulsion) Z101 $84.13
Drainage of Onychia or Paronychia with nail avulsion or with complete nail avulsion Z128 $87.68
Drainage of Abscess Z103 Z103 $107.23
Removal of Foreign Body both minor and major Z114

$82.93

Excision of Ganglion R549 $179.93
Excision of Neuroma  N295 $169.68

Fee schedule: Nails

Services included Service code Fee
Avulsion - one toe  Z110 $81.63
Excision – Partial nail and Matrisectomy – one toe Z128 Z128 $87.68
Onychoplasty Z130 $124.73
Complete nail, Matrix, Partial Phalanx (terminal, Symes) R299 $186.03

Fee schedule: Tendon

Services included Service code Fee
Tenotomy R579  $148.03
Suture of Ruptured Tendon (tenorrhaphy) R578 $185.13
Tenotomy & Capsulotomy  R579  $148.03
Tendon Lengthening (tenoplasty)  R557 $277.88
Tendon Transplant  R560 $306.13

Fee schedule: Bursa

Services included Service code Fee
Drainage of Bursa G370G700 G370G700 $88.78
Puncture of Bursa for Aspiration G370G700 $88.78
Excision of Bursa, Interphalangeal Adventitious Bursa, Postero-Achille’s Bursa and Retrocalcaneal Bursa R506 $207.23

Fee schedule: Repairs

Services included Service code Fee
Wounds - less than 2" skin depth  Z176 $79.08
Wounds - larger than 2" skin depth  Z175 $99.18

Fee schedule: Bone (fractures to include immobilization technique)

Services included Service code Fee
Digits - Closed reduction  F058 $133.88
Digits - Open reduction  F060 $228.98
Metatarsals – Closed reduction  F063 $158.63
Metatarsals – Open reduction  F064 $234.58

Fee schedule: Bone (Ostectomy)

Services included Service code Fee
Exostectomy Subungual R282 $160.38
Ostectomy, partial R309  $231.98
Condylectomy, plantar-metatarsal R309 $231.98
Metatarsectomy including partial (head resection) and with implant R309 $231.98
Phalangectomy, partial (arthroplasty)  R299R579 $269.03
Phalangectomy, partial with tenotomy R299 $186.03
Ostectomy, accessory ossicle R305 $213.43
Sesamoidectomy R301 $200.13
Osteotomy including first metatarsal, fifth metatarsal (Tailor’s Bunion) and lesser metatarsal R276 $202.83

Fee schedule: Bone (joints)

Services included Service code Fee
Capsulotomy with tenotomy for overlapping fifth digit N/A $277.83
Capsulotomy, without tenotomy for overlapping fifth digit  R446R579 $194.83
Arthrotomy for drainage or removal loose body R446 $202.83
Capsulotomy  (first metatarso-phalangeal joint and  first metatarso-phalangeal joint with shortening of capsule) R505 $202.83
Arthrodesis of toes (per) R471 $209.53
Arthrodesis of metatarso-phalangeal joint R477 $300.33
Arthrocentesis: Puncture for aspiration of hemarthrosis (initial and  subsequent) G370G700 $88.78

Fee schedule: Miscellaneous

Services included Service code Fee
Surgical Shoes (cast) Z199 $79.18
Unnaboot Application  Z200 $79.18
Plantar Fasciotomy (case-by-case subject to pre-approval) Z231 N/A
Nerve Decompression N188 $211.88

Fee schedule: Podiatry other services

Services included Service code Fee
Functional Abilities Form for Planning Early and Safe Return to Work (FAF) FAF $45.00
Telephone consultation with treating health professional N/A $45.00

Additional notes:

Request for the completion of the Functional Abilities Form for Planning Early and Safe Return to Work must be initiated by either the worker or employer. Do not include clinical/diagnostic information on the form. 

Telephone consultation with treating health professional

  • Call must be initiated by the WSIB to treating health professional
  • Paid at a flat rate fee regardless of the duration of discussion