CPG: Nosebleed (Epistaxis) – Research Needs
Clinical Practice GuidelineResearch Needs section from Nosebleed (Epistaxis) CPGThis guideline was based on the current body of evidence regarding nosebleed (epistaxis). While nosebleeds…
CDC and FDA Recommending a Pause in the Use of the J&J COVID-19 Vaccine
NewsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are reviewing data involving six U.S. cases of a rare type…
Clinical Practice Guideline: Tympanostomy Tubes in Children (Update)
Clinical Practice GuidelineClinical Practice Guideline: Tympanostomy Tubes in Children (Update)The purpose of this clinical practice guideline is to reassess and update recommendations i…
Obtaining RVUs for a CPT Code
AMA CPT and RUC ProcessesAMA CPT Editorial Review ProcessDid you ever wonder how CPT codes are created and how the code set is maintained? View this section of…
CPG: Improving Voice Outcomes After Thyroid Surgery – Research Needs
Clinical Practice GuidelineResearch Needs section from Improving Voice Outcomes After Thyroid Surgery CPGThis guideline was based on the current body of evidence regarding voice outcomes…
NIH Begins Study of Allergic Reactions to Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccines
NewsA clinical trial is underway to determine whether people who are highly allergic or have a mast cell disorder are at increased risk for an immediate, systemic …
Clinical Indicators: Acoustic Neuroma Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery
Clinical Indicator*CPT 92540 and 92541 are "add-on" codes, formerly reported with CPT 95920, which has been deleted and replaced with these 2 new codes. In the 2013 final Medica…
CPG: Opioid Prescribing for Analgesia After Common Otolaryngology Operations – Research Needs
Clinical Practice GuidelineResearch Needs section from CPG Opioid Prescribing for Analgesia After Common Otolaryngology Operations.Development of this guideline was based on the current …
Opioid Prescribing for Analgesia After Common Otolaryngology Operations: New Clinical Practice Guideline
Press Release, Clinical Practice GuidelineALEXANDRIA, VA — The American Academy of Otolaryngology‒Head and Neck Surgery Foundation published the Clinical Practice Guideline: Opioid Prescribing for Anal…
Clinical Practice Guideline: Opioid Prescribing for Analgesia After Common Otolaryngology Operations
Clinical Practice GuidelineThis guideline was published in the April 2021 issue of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery.Clinical Practice Guideline: Opioid Prescribing for Analgesia Afte…
Position Statement: Imaging
Position StatementThe American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery endorses the ability of otolaryngologists to review and provide their expert interpretation of rad…
Position Statement: Pediatric Cochlear Implantation Candidacy
Position StatementThere is ample evidence that early cochlear implantation of children with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) for whom hearing aids provide inadequate access to …
Essential Pediatric Hearing Evaluation and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Position StatementIn efforts to help limit the spread of SARS-CoV2 and minimize the risk of COVID-19 to patients, providers, and staff, many institutional guidelines now mandate…
International Surgical Sleep Society COVID-19 Adult and Pediatric Practice Guidelines
Position StatementAs of March 2020, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused unprecedented, worldwide disruption in patient care, including the management of obstructive s…
Position Statement: Communicable Diseases
Position StatementIf indicated for their condition, patients with communicable diseases (such a hepatitis or human-immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection) shall not be denied tr…
Position Statement: Evidence-Based Medicine
Position StatementEvidence-Based Medicine (EBM) (or more appropriately termed Evidence-Based Practice) is an approach to the practice of healthcare comprised of the synthesis of…
Position Statement: Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis and Gardasil Vaccination
Position StatementRecurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) is characterized by recurrent papillomatous lesions that grow primarily on the vocal folds but may involve other par…
Position Statement: Laryngopharyngeal Reflux
Position StatementLaryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) occurs when gastric contents (acid and enzymes such as pepsin) flow in a retrograde fashion and contact the tissues of the upper…
