Listing 5.07
Intestinal failure
This listing covers intestinal failure — when the gut cannot absorb enough nutrients or fluids to keep you healthy.
Read the full plain-language explanation
It includes conditions like short bowel syndrome, chronic motility disorders, and extensive small bowel mucosal disease. SSA looks for proof of the underlying condition and proof that you depend on daily IV nutrition (parenteral nutrition) through a central venous catheter for at least 12 months.
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What Listing 5.07 asks for
What SSA looks for — see the 1 items
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- You must have intestinal failure caused by short bowel syndrome, a chronic motility disorder, or extensive small bowel mucosal disease, and you must depend on daily IV nutrition through a central line for at least 12 months.
- For short bowel syndrome, SSA needs the surgery report or imaging showing part of the small intestine was removed.
Read the original wording
You must have intestinal failure caused by short bowel syndrome, a chronic motility disorder, or extensive small bowel mucosal disease, and you must depend on daily IV nutrition through a central line for at least 12 months. For short bowel syndrome, SSA needs the surgery report or imaging showing part of the small intestine was removed.
(Listing 5.07, criterion A)
How long it must last:
Dependence on daily parenteral nutrition via a central venous catheter for at least 12 months.