Prisoner Health Care Standards

III. NON-AUTHORIZED MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS/PROCEDURES

The following medical interventions and procedures are not authorized for payment by the USMS, unless ordered by the court:

E. EAR, NOSE AND THROAT - NOT COVERED

Adenoidectomy

Displacement therapy of nose

Excision of exostosis

Excision of soft tissue lesion of the ear

Injection into turbinates

Functional reconstruction of the internal nose

Insertion of nasal septal prosthesis

Lysis of intranasal synechia

Repair of oronasal fistula

Rhinoplasty

Septoplasty or submucous resection

Tonsillectomy

Tympanoplasty