»  Acute carbon monoxide intoxication

»  Decompression illness

»  Gas embolism

»  Gas gangrene

»  Acute traumatic peripheral ischemia

   (HBO therapy is a valuable adjunct to be used in combination

     with accepted standard therapeutic measures when loss of 

     function, limb, or life is threatened.)

»  Crush Injuries & suturing of severed limbs

    (As in the previous conditions, HBO therapy would be an 

     adjunct treatment when loss of function, limb, or life was

     threatened.)

»  Progressive necrotizing infections

    (Necrotizing fasciitis)

»  Preparation & preservation of compromised     skin grafts

    (Not for primary management of wounds, & excludes artificial

     skin graft)

»  Acute peripheral arterial insufficiency

»  Chronic refractory osteomyelitis, 

     unresponsive to conventional medical &

     surgical management 

»  Osteoradionecrosis as an adjunct to

     conventional treatment

»  Soft tissue radionecosis as an adjunct to

      conventional treatment

»  Cyanide poisoning

»  Actinomycosis, only as an adjunct to

    conventional therapy when the disease process

    is refractory to antibiotics & surgical

    treatment

»  Serious diabetic ulcers of the lower

     extremities

    (Proposed coverage to begin May of 2003)

                The centers for Medicare &

                 Medicaid Services in conjunction

                 with the Undersea & Hyperbaric

                Medical Society, have identified

               the following indications for the

             primary or adjunctive use of

          hyperbaric oxygen therapy.