Prisoner Health Care Standards

I. Reasonable and Medically Necessary Care

II. Conditions Requiring Treatment

III.  Non-authorized Medical Interventions/ Procedures

IV. Appeals/Denials Process

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

G. GENITAL SYSTEM (MALE) - NOT COVERED

Circumcision, unless clinically indicated

Electroejaculation

Epididymovasostomy, anastomosis epididymis to vas deferens

Excision, penile plaque

Injection procedure corpora cavernosography

Injection of corpora cavernosa

Injection procedure for Peyronie disease

Insertion of testicular prosthesis

Insertion of penile prosthesis

Intersex surgery, male to female

Intersex surgery, female to male

Irrigation corpora cavernosa priapism

Ligation vas deferens

Nocturnal penile tumescence test

Penile plethysmography

Plastic operation on penis to correct angulation

Procedures, services and supplies related to sex transformations

Removal/repair/replacement of penile prosthesis

Repair of hypospadias complications

Reversal of surgically induced sterility

Semen collection

Surgical correction of abnormality of penile prosthesis

Vasectomy

Vasotomy

Vasovasotomy, vasovasorrhaphy