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.