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Preface, Disclosure, Copyright Information; Coverage and Payment Rules; Disposable medical supplies ; - Diabetic supplies - Incontinence supplies; - Ostomy supplies; - Surgical dressings - Unna boot; - Urological supplies Durable Medical Equipment (DME) - Definitions - Ambulatory blood Pressure Monitor; - Ambulatory electrocardiography: Cardiac event monitors, Holter monitors, Implanted loop recorders, Mobile cardiac outpatient telemetry; Anodyne® (near-infrared) Therapy for Peripheral Neuropathy or Any Condition - Apnea monitor; - ART device - Bathroom and Toilet Equipment and Supplies; - Commodes; - Beds/Pressure Reducing Support Surfaces – Introduction; - Pressure Reducing Support Surfaces – Group 1; - Pressure Reducing Support Surfaces – Group 2 and 3; - Air Fluidized Beds ; - Hospital beds; - Bed accessories: Trapeze bars; Bed and Pillow Covers for Asthmatics; Bed-wetting Alarm; - Breast Pumps; - Cardiac Defibrillators, home use - Catheters, Urinary; - Traction devices; Cervical traction; - Traction for low back pain; - Chairs, therapeutic; Gravity lumbar reduction chairs - Communication devices/aides; Speech generating devices - Tracheo-esophageal voice prostheses, Indwelling; - Augmentive communication aides; Communication board; - Compression Garments in the Treatment of Venous Stasis Ulcers; - Continuous passive motion device; - Cooling devices; - Cranial Remodeling Band/Helmet for infants with asymmetrical heads; - Diabetes mellitus related DME; -- Glucose monitors, blood; -- Continuous Glucose Monitoring; -- External insulin pumps; -- GlucoWatch® Biographer; -- H-wave stimulation for the treatment of diabetic neuropathy -- Jet Injectors for Insulin Administration; -- Insulin Pens; Insulin syringes; -- Shoes, therapeutic; -- Sleep sentry to detect hypoglycemia; - Diathermy; - Electrical Stimulation Modalities -- Dorsal Column Stimulators/Spinal Cord Stimulators: Chronic pain, Angina pectoris; -- Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) for disuse atrophy; -- Treatment of Motor Function Disorders with Electric Nerve Stimulation - Medicare NCD; -- Neuromuscular or Therapeutic Electrical Stimulation (TES); -- Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS); -- Supplies – Form-fitting Conductive Garment for TENS or NMES; -- TENS – Medicare LMRPs; -- Inferential current stimulation; -- Non-Implantable Pelvic Floor Electrical Stimulator; -- ReliefBand; -- ‘Sympathetic Therapy’; -- Percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (PENS); -- Implanted Peripheral Electrical Nerve Stimulation – Medicare LMRP; -- Electrical Stimulation/Electro-magnetic Therapy for the Treatment of Wounds: Chronic Stage III & IV Musculo-Cutaneous Ulcerations; -- Electrogalvanic Stimulators for Levator Syndrome; - Environmental Control Systems; - Vaporizers; - Exercise Equipment; - Hearing aids -- Bone-anchored Hearing Aid; - Infusion pumps, external; implantable; - Intra-oral appliances for the management of headache syndromes, TMJ - Jobst burn garments; - Lifts: Seat and Patient ; - Light Emitting Diode (LED) or Infrared Therapy - Light therapy/phototherapy for seasonal affective disorder - Lymphedema ‘pump’/Manual lymph drainage; - Magnetic Pelvic Floor Stimulation (MPFS) or Extracorporeal Magnetic Innervation (ExMI) therapy for Incontinence - Mobility Assistive Equipment: Strollers; Walkers/Rollers; Wheelchairs, Power-type and Power-operated vehicles (POVs); INDEPENDENCE iBOT 4000 Mobility System; Wheelchair seats, cushions and back supports - Pulmonary DME: Airway Clearance/High Frequency Chest Wall Oscillation Devices; Mechanical in-exsufflation/in-exsufflator devices; Intrapulmonary Percussive Ventilator (IPV); Nebulizers; Oxygen coverage including portable, home oxygen; Peak expiratory flow meters; postural drainage; Respiratory assist devices; Suction pumps; vaporizers - Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) Therapies: CPap for OSA; Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation (NPPV)/Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure (BiPAP); Sleep Apnea, Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NPPV)/Bi-PAP, C-PAP – References/resources; Palatal implants for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). - Wound Care: Electrical Stimulation/Electro-magnetic Therapy for the Treatment of Wounds: Chronic Stage III & IV Musculo-Cutaneous Ulcerations; Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) Pumps; Noncontact Normothermic Wound Therapy/Radiant Heat Wound Therapy Systems; Pneumatic Compression Therapy/Circulator Boot – End-diastolic for extremity ulcers, lymphedema Orthotic (braces) and Prosthetic Devices; CERT document checklist links Aircast ankle brace Breast prosthesis, specialized bras for women post-mastectomy Canes and crutches Corsets Dynamic Splinting Devices; Facial prostheses Foot Orthotics/Prosthetics; Shoe(s), Therapeutic; Hand neuroprosthesis Hernia Truss/Sykes; Knee braces Lower limb prostheses, above-knee, computerized Magnetic insoles for plantar heel pain Magnetic Pelvic Floor Stimulation (MPFS); Myoelectric prosthesis, upper extremity; Lower limb computerized prosthesis Prosthesis criteria: functional levels Scoliosis Braces Spinal Orthoses – TLSO, LSO Spinal Unloading Devices Splints, Strapping & Casting - Pneumatic Compression Therapy - End-diastolic for non-healing extremity ulcers; - Peak expiratory flow meter; - Prothrombin Time – Home Testing Systems/Coagulometers; - Safety items for patient use - ThairapyÒ vest for cystic fibrosis; Thairapy Bronchial Drainage System; - Therabite® Jaw Motion Rehabilitation System; - Sexual Function Restorative Devices; - Male: Non-invasive suction or vacuum constriction devices; Penile prosthesis implantation - Female - Standers, Boards and Tilt Tables; - Ultraviolet B Home Therapy; - Vitrectomy Face Support; - Whirlpool; - Wigs; - DMS/DME Miscellaneous List - Review criteria for 275 additional items; Addenda - Web Resources - Reuse Information Resource - Medicare Advance Beneficiary Notice and Limits on Beneficiary Liability for DMS/DME; - Accreditation organizations for suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies