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Drugs    top

Home Health/Durable Medical Equipment    top

Air Fluidized Beds
Bionicare Stimulator
Children's Mobility and Positioning Equipment
Continuous Monitoring of Glucose in the Interstitial Fluid
Continuous Passive Motion in the Home Setting
Cough Stimulating Device
Durable Medical Equipment (DME)
Electrical Stimulators, Neuromuscular
External Defibrillators
Infrared Heating Pad System in the Home Setting
Infusion Therapy in the Home
Interferential Stimulation
Liss Body Stimulator
Lymphedema Pumps -Sequential Pneumatic Compression Device
Oscillatory Devices for the Treatment of Respiratory Conditions
Oxygen and Oxygen Supplies
Patient Lifts
Power Operated Vehicle (Amigo Cart-Scooter)
Pressure Reducing Support Surfaces
Skilled Nursing Services
Speech Generating Devices
Transtympanic Micropressure Applicationsas a Treatment of Meniere's Disease
Wheelchairs
Wound Therapy, Noncontact Radiant Heat Bandage

Medical    top

Adoptive Immunotherapy
Allergy Immunotherapy (Desensitization)
Allergy Testing
Ambulance and Medical Transport Services
Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
Ambulatory Event Monitors
Analysis of Proteomic Patterns in Serum to Identify Ovarian Cancer
Androstanediol Glucuronide Test for Hirsutism
Anesthesia Services
Arthroscopic Surgery for Femoroacetabular Impingement
Assays of Genetic Expression to Determine Prognosis of Breast Cancer
Autologous Cell Therapy for the Treatment of Damaged Myocardium
Automated Nerve Conduction Tests
Biofeedback
Breast Duct Endoscopy
Breath Testing for Heart Transplant Rejection Detection
Canalith Repositioning for Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
Chelation Therapy
Chemoembolization of the Hepatic Artery, Transcatheter Approach
Clinical Trial Services For Life Threatening Conditions
Collagen Cross Links as Markers of Bone Turnover
Common Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Study
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Convection-Enhanced Delivery of Therapeutic Agents to the Brain
Correlated Audioelectric Cardiography
Dermatoscopy
Detection of Circulating Tumor Cells
Dynamic Posturography
Electroencephalograms
Electrogastrography, Cutaneous
Enhanced External Counterpulsation (EECP)
Enteral Nutrition
Fecal Analysis in the Diagnosis of Intestinal Dysbiosis
Gait Analysis
Genetic Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer
Genetic Testing for Colon Cancer
Growth Factors for Wound Healing
HIV Genotyping and Phenotyping
Human Tumor Stem Cell Drug Sensitivity Assay
Hyperbaric Oxygen Pressurization
Hyperhidrosis, Treatment of
Hyperthermia Therapy
Idiopathic Environmental Intolerance (i.e., Clinical Ecology)
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Serology
Insulin Potentiation Therapy
Insulin Therapy, Chronic Intermittent Intravenous (CIIIT)
Intra Articular Hyaluronan Injections for Osteoarthritis of the Knee
Isolated Limb Perfusion
Kappa Lambda Clonal Excess
Lipoprotein-Associated Phospholipase A2
Macular Drusen, Photocoagulation
Medical Supplies and Surgical Dressings
Non Invasive Measurements of Cardiac Hemodynamics in the Outpatient Setting
Non Invasive Measurement of Left Ventricular End Diastolic Pressure
Non Pharmacologic Treatment of Rosacea
Ocular Photoscreening
Observation Room Services
Paraspinal Surface Electromyography (EMG)
Pelvic Floor Stimulation as a Treatment of Urinary Incontinence
Private Duty Nursing Services
Prolotherapy
PUVA (Psoralens with Ultraviolet A) Therapy
Quantitative Sensory Testing
Radiofrequency Ablation of Pulmonary Tumors
Rhinomanometry and Acoustic Rhinometry
Sexual Dysfunction Treatment, Female
Signal Averaged ECG
Skilled Nursing Facility Care
Skilled Nursing Services
Smoking Cessation Therapies
T - Wave Alternans
Targeted Phototherapy for Psoriasis
Telemedicine
Thermography
Topical Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Topographic Brain Mapping
Total Parenteral Nutrition
Tumor Markers
Tumor Vaccines
Ultrasonographic Evaluation of Skin Lesions

Mental Health/Chemical Dependency    top

OB-GYN Reproduction    top

Radiology    top

Bone Mineral Density Studies
Brachytherapy, Intracavitary Balloon Catheter for Brain Cancer
Brachytherapy Treatment of Breast Cancer
Brachytherapy, Intracoronary
Capsule Endoscopy, Wireless
Colonoscopy Virtual
Computed Tomography to Detect Coronary Artery Calcification
Computer-Aided Detection of Malignancy with MRI of the Breast
Electrical Impedance Scanning of the Breast
Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging (IVUS)
Lung Cancer Screening, CT Scanning or Chest Radiographs
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Magnetoencephalography/Magnetic Source Imaging
Monoclonal Antibody Imaging
MRI Guided High Intensity Ultrasound Ablation of Uterine Fibroids
Positional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Prostate Cancer Treatment with Brachytherapy
Screening for Vertebral Fracture with Dual X-ray Absorptiometry (dexa)
Transcatheter Ablation of Arrhythmogenic Foci in the Pulmonary Vein
Ultrasound for the Evaluation of Paranasal Sinuses
Ultrasound Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty Percutaneous
Whole Body Computed Tomography Scan as a Screening Test

Surgery    top

Adrenal to Brain Transplantation
Angelchik Anti-Reflux Prosthesis
Ankle Replacement, Total
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Allograft
Artificial Intervertebral Disc
Autologous Chondrocyte Transplantation
Bioengineered Skin
Bone Marrow Transplant Allogeneic for Genetic Diseases and Acquired Anemias
Bone Marrow Transplant Allogeneic for Myelodysplastic Diseases
Bone Marrow Transplant Allogeneic Nonmyeloablative Treatment of Malignancy
Bone Marrow Transplant for Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
Bone Marrow Transplant for Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
Bone Marrow Transplant for Astrocytomas and Gliomas
Bone Marrow Transplant for Autoimmune Diseases
Bone Marrow Transplant for Breast Cancer
Bone Marrow Transplant for Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
Bone Marrow Transplant for CLL and SLL
Bone Marrow Transplant for Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
Bone Marrow Transplant for Germ Cell Tumors
Bone Marrow Transplant for Hodgkin's Disease
Bone Marrow Transplant for Miscellaneous Tumors in Adults
Bone Marrow Transplant for Multiple Myeloma
Bone Marrow Transplant for Neuroectodermal Tumors and Ependymoma
Bone Marrow Transplant for Non Hodgkin's Lymphomas
Bone Marrow Transplant for Primary Amyloidosis or Waldenstrom
Bone Marrow Transplant for Solid Tumors of Childhood
Bone Morphogenetic Protein
Breast Ductal Lavage
Breast Surgeries
Cardiac (Heart) Transplantation
Carotid Artery Angioplasty / Stenting (CAS)
Cerebellar Stimulator-Pacemaker
Cerebral Angioplasty
Cochlear Implant
Collagen Implantation
Computer Assisted Surgical Navigational Orthopedic Procedures
Continuous Local Delivery of Anesthesia to Operative Site
Congenital Heart Defect, Atrial Repair Devices
Cord Blood as a Source of Stem Cells
Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery
Cryoablation or Radiofrequency Ablation of Renal Cell Cancer
Cryosurgical Ablation of Solid Tumors of the Breast or Pancreas
Cryosurgical Ablation of Solid Tumors Other Than Liver or Prostate
Dental Inpatient and Outpatient Services
Dental, Reconstructive Services
Electrical Bone Growth Stimulation
Electroencephalography, Stereotactic Approach
Electrothermal Arthroscopic Capsulorrhaphy
Endoluminal Radiofrequency or Laser Ablation for Venous Insufficiency
Endovascular Stent Graft for Aortic Aneurysm
Fetal Mesencephalic Transplantation for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease
Gastric Electrical Stimulation
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, Transendoscopic Therapies
Heart-Lung Transplantation
Herniated Lumbar Disc Treatment, Percutaneous
Hyperthemic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy
Islet Transplantation
Keratoprosthesis
Lithotripsy, Extracorporeal, for Orthopedic Problems
Liver Transplant
Lung and Lobar Lung Transplantation
Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
Meniscal Allograft Transplantation
Minimally Invasive Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
Mohs' Micrographic Surgery
Orthognathic Surgery
Osteochondral Grafting in the Treatment of Articular Cartilage Lesions
Otoplasty
Pancreas Transplant
Partial Hip Resurfacing
Periurethral Bulking Agents for the Treatment of Urinary Incontinence
Phototherapeutic Keratectomy
Posterior Tibial Nerve Stimulation for Voiding Dysfunction
Pulmonary Artery Balloon Angioplasty, Percutaneous Transluminal Approach
RACZ Neurolysis
Radiofrequency Ablation of Renal Cell Cancer
Radiofrequency Tissue Remodeling for Urinary Stress Incontinence
Radiosurgery, Stereotactic Approach
Reconstructive Eyelid Surgery and Brow Lift
Refractive Surgery
Renal (Kidney) Transplantation
Rhinoplasty
Sacral Nerve Modulation/Stimulation for Urinary Incontinence
Sclerotherapy as a Treatment of Varicose Veins
Septoplasty
Sexual Dysfunction Treatment, Male
Small Bowel, Small Bowel with Liver, or Multivisceral Transplant
Sonic Accelerated Fracture Healing System (SAFHS)
Spinal Cord Stimulation
Spinal Surgery Using Interspinous Distraction Technology
Surgery for Morbid Obesity
Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction (TMJD) Treatment
TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator)
Thoracoscopic Laser Ablation of Emphysematous Pulmonary Bullae
Tinnitus Treatment
Total Hip Resurfacing
Transcatheter Closure of Ventricular Septal Defects
Vacuum Assisted Closure of Wounds
Vagus Nerve Stimulation
Varicose Vein Excision and Ligation
Vesicoureteral Reflux, Treatment with Periureteral Bulking Agents
WARP Wide Abdominoplasty Rectus Plication

Therapy    top

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