A 77 page resource for the coverage of head and neck (including oral surgery and dental) subspecialty tests and procedures. This report includes references and web sites. It is updated annually.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Guidelines

• Acoustic neuroma
• Audiological Testing/Audiologist’s Services
• Aural Rehabilitation Therapy
• Brain stem auditory evoked response (BER, BAER)
• Carbogen Inhalation Therapy for the Treatment of Sudden Hearing Loss
• Cleft lip/Cleft Palate Repairs
• Cochlear implantation
• CPAP for obstructive sleep apnea
• Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation (NPPV)/Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure (BiPAP)
• Dental services
• Damage to Sound and Natural Teeth
• Dental hospitalization
• Intra-oral Appliances for the Management of Migraine Headache Syndromes
• Dynamic Posturography, Computerized
• Electronystagmogram (ENG)
• Ernest or Eagle’s Syndrome (Stylomandibular Ligament Pain); Treatment with Radiofrequency Thermoneurolysis
• Frenulectomy
• Hearing Aids
• Hearing Tests
• Impacted teeth, extraction
• Laser assisted Uvulopharyngoplasty (LAUP)
• Myringotomy with Tympanostomy Tubes/Laser Myringotomy + Otitis media management - clinical guideline
• Meniett 20 for overpressure treatment of Meniere's Disease
• Oral surgery
• Oral biopsy for malignancy
• Orthodontia
• Orthognathic surgery
• Distraction osteogenesis for craniofacial abnormalities
• Otitis media, recurrent
• Otoplasty
• Positional vertigo
• Rhinomanometry and acoustic rhinometry
• Septoplasty, Septorhinoplasty
• Sialorrhea (drooling) - Surgical Treatment
• Sinusitis, acute
• Sinus endoscopy
• Smell and Taste – Evaluation coverage
• Temperomandibular Joint Disorders (TMJ)
• Tinnitus Maskers/Retraining Therapy
• Tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy
• Transcutaneous electrical stimulators for severe tinnitus
• Transtympanic Gentamicin Injection for treatment of Meniere’s Disease
• Tympanometry
• Tympanomastoidectomy
• Tympanostomy Tubes
• Tympanostomy Tube assessment sheets
• Ultrasonic Surgery for Meniere’s, Medicare NCD
• Vestibular Function Testing
• Vestibular rehabilitation
• Vocal Cord Examination Using Videostroboscopy
• Vocal Cord Injections to Prevent Recurrent Aspiration
• Dental and ENT web sites for physicians, other providers and patients
• Great quotes
• References and Resources