Level 5 · Review / guideline / expert opinion
Guideline
UHMS
Reimbursement
Bottom line
The reference document used by Medicare, major payers, and UHMS-accredited facilities to define covered HBOT.
Outcome
Fourteen approved HBOT indications with recommended treatment parameters, course length, and evidence citations.
Conditions studied
- Diabetic Wound Healing — Strong (Level 1A) — UHMS approved
- Radiation Tissue Injury — Strong — UHMS approved, Marx protocol validated
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning — Strong (RCT) — UHMS approved
- Thermal Burns — Moderate — UHMS approved
- Decompression Sickness — Standard of care — Universal
- Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SSNHL) — Moderate — UHMS approved
- Compromised Skin Grafts & Flaps — Moderate — UHMS approved
- Crush Injury & Compartment Syndrome — Moderate — UHMS approved
- Necrotising Soft Tissue Infections — Moderate — UHMS approved
Full citation
Moon RE (editor), Weaver LK, Hampson NB, et al. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Indications, 15th Edition (UHMS). Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society. 2023.
Related studies
- Hyperbaric Oxygen for Acute Carbon Monoxide Poisoning (2002, Level 1)
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Facilitates Healing of Chronic Foot Ulcers in Patients with Diabetes (2010, Level 1)
- Lack of Effectiveness of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcer (2013, Level 3)
- Prevention of Osteoradionecrosis: A Randomized Prospective Clinical Trial of Hyperbaric Oxygen Versus Penicillin (1985, Level 1)