Unproven
allergy testing. The following are examples of unproven allergy
testing. This list is NOT intended to be all-inclusive:
• In
vitro histamine release.
• Provocative and neutralization
testing for food, environmental chemicals, inhalant allergens, and
endogenous hormones.
• Sublingual testing.
• Cytotoxic leukocyte
test for food and inhalant allergies.
• Rebuck skin window
test.
• Passive
transfer (Prausnitz-Kustner) test.
• Serial skin-test end
point titration for routine testing.
• Kinesiology testing.
This test involves muscle strength measurements after food ingestion or
sublingual application of food extracts.
• Reaginic Pulse test.
This test measures the increase of pulse rates after ingestion of
a suspected allergic food substance.
• Enzyme-Linked Immunoabsorbent
Assay (ELISA).
• Electrodermal
diagnosis.
• Chemical
analysis of body tissue.
• Recall skin tests.
• In vitro lymphocyte
proliferation.
• Food
challenge testing performed in connection with clinical ecology
programs.
• Nitric
oxide expired gas determination (Current Procedural Terminology
(CPT) procedure code 95012) for asthma is unproven.