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MP65-Obesity Surgery
Morbid obesity is a condition of persistent and uncontrollable weight gain that constitutes a present or potential threat to life.

MP201-Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Apnea: Cessation of airflow at the nostrils and mouth lasting at least ten seconds. There are three types of apnea: obstructive, central and mixed.

MP296-Occipital Nerve Block

MP234-Occipital Nerve Stimulation
Occipital nerve stimulation has been proposed for the treatment of patients with intractable headache that cannot be managed by alternative treatments.

MP238-Ocular Blood Flow Tonometer
Ocular blood flow tonometer measures both the pulsatile ocular blood flow and blood flow velocity both using Doppler ultrasonography to monitor activity in specific blood vessels that supply the eye with blood.

MP003-Ocular Photodynamic Therapy utilizing Verteporfin (Visudyne).
Photodynamic therapy is a treatment for choroidal neovascularization secondary to exudative “wet” age-related macular degeneration, presumed ocular histoplasmosis and pathologic myopia.

MP270-Ocular Photoscreening
Ocular photoscreening is used to detect risk factors for amblyopia.  Ocular photoscreening uses the refractive state of the eye and assesses the pattern of light reflected through the pupil.

MP038-Oral Health
This definition of medical necessity will apply to all decisions made under the Health Choices  program. Impacted wisdom teeth for insured individuals in which applicable benefit documents include the impacted wisdom tooth rider..

MP135-Osseointegrated Hearing Device (eg. Bone Anchored hearing Aid (BAHA) Hearing Device)
Osseointegrated hearing devices [e.g., BAHA (bone-anchored hearing aid)] are devices which are partially or totally implanted in the skull to replace the function of the middle ear by applying mechanical energy to the cochlea.

MP200-Osteochondral Autograft Transplant
Osteochondral autograft transplant involves the placement of viable hyaline cartilage grafts into a cartilage defect.

MP080-Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation
Cardiac rehabilitation is a program designed to assist insured individuals in dealing with active heart disease. The goal is to recondition the cardiovascular system through exercise, education, counseling and behavioral change.

MP230-Outpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Maintenance therapy consists of activities that preserve the patient’s present level of function and prevent regression of that function.