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Last updated: (April 7, 2024)

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Macula Risk® PGx (Arctic Medical Laboratories)
Magellan Autologous Platelet Separator System (Medtronic)
Magellan™ MFA microprocessor foot-ankle prosthesis (Orthocare Innovations)
Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS); discogenic pain
Magnetic esophageal ring
Magnetic resonance imaging-guided focused ultrasound surgery
Magnetic stimulation; transcranial
Magnetic resonance imaging; upright
Male-To-Female; MTF
Malignant pleural mesothelioma; IMRT
Malignant superior vena cava syndrome
Malocclusion, orthognathic surgery
Mammaplasty; reduction
MammaPrint® (aka, the "Amsterdam signature") (Agendia)
Mandible surgery
Mandibular-maxillary advancement (MMA)
MarrowStim P.A.D. kit™ (Biomet Biologics)
MAST
Mastectomy, gynecomastia
Mastopexy
MatePair Acute Myeloid Leukemia Panel (Mayo Clinic)
Maternal Fetal Screen | T1 + Y ChromosomeSM (Eurofins NTD, LLC)
MaterniT Genome (Sequenom Laboratories)
MaterniT21™ Plus (Sequenom Laboratories)
Maxilla surgery
Maxwell-Brancheau
May-Thurner Syndrome (iliac compression syndrome)
MBA implant, subtalar
MBAResorb Implant
MCOLN1
mCor Heart Failure and Arrhythmia Management System (ZOLL Manufacturing Corp.)
Mechanochemical endovenous ablation; vein
MECP2
Mediator Release Test (MRT)
Medi-Dx 7000™
Medtronic Electromedic
Medtronic Neuromodulation System
Menopause; salivary hormone testing
MENS
Mental health
Merkel SmT Oncoprotein Antibody Titer test (University of WA, Dept. of Laboratory Medicine)
Merkel Virus VP1 Capsid Antibody test (University of WA, Dept. of Laboratory Medicine)
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs)
Mesothelioma; IMRT
Metastases, bone, radiofrequency ablation
MGMT Promoter Methylation
MI Cancer Seek™ NGS Analysis (Caris Life Sciences)
MI Profile™ formerly, Target NowTM (Caris Life Science, Arizona)
MI TumorSeek (Caris Life Science)
Micra™ transcatheter pacing system (Medtronic)
Microcurrent stimulation (MENS)
Microcurrent electrical stimulation
MicroDERM® (Visiorned AG)
Microdermabrasion
MicroGenDX qPCR & NGS For Infection (MicroGenDX)
MicroLight ML830® (MicroLight Corporation of America)
Microprocessor-controlled ankle prosthesis
Microprocessor-controlled foot prosthesis

Microprocessosr-controlled ankle-foot prosthesis
MI-HEART Ceramides, Plasma (Mayo Clinic)
Millennium PGT (Millennium Laboratories)
Minuteman Interspinous Interlaminar Fusion Device (Spinal Simplicity)
MiPS (Mi-Prostate Score) (MLabs)
miR-31now™ (GoPath Laboratories)
Miscellaneous solid tumors, radiofrequency ablation
Mitochondrial Nuclear Gene Tests
MitraClip® (Abbott Vascular)
MLH1
MMACHE
Molecular Microscope® MMDx—Heart (Kashi Clinical Laboratories)
Molecular Microscope® MMDx—Kidney (Kashi Clinical Laboratories)
Molecular RBC phenotyping
Molecular diagnostic testing
Monarch external Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation (eTNS) System (NeuroSigma)
Monarc™ device (Edwards Lifesciences)
Monotherapy; allogeneic
Mouth guard
MPL
MRDx BCR-ABL Test (MolecularMD)
MRgFUS
MR-guided LITT (MRgLITT)
MRI; standing
MRI; upright
MRI-guidance, ultrasound ablation of uterine fibroids
MSH2
MSK-IMPACT (Integrated Mutation Profiling of Actionable Cancer Targets) (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)
MSK-IMPACT™ (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)
MTHFR (5, 10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase)
MTHFR (5, 10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase) (panels)
MTT assay
Multianalyte Assays with Algorithmic Analysis (MAAA); chronic liver disease
Multi-chamber programmable penumatic compression pump
Multiple radioallergosorbent tests (MAST)
Multiple sclerosis (MS)
Multi-Positional Patient Transfer System
Multivisceral transplantation
Muscle strength test, allergies
Musculocutaneous flap; pressure ulcer
MyAML NGS Panel (LabPMM LLC)
MyChoice® CDx (Myriad)
myChoice® HRD (Myriad)
MYCODART Dual Amplification Real Time PCR Panel for 4 Aspergillus species (RealTime Laboratories, Inc.)
MYCODART Dual Amplification Real Time PCR Panel for 6 Candida species (RealTime Laboratories, Inc.)
MYD88
MYD88 panel testing
Myeloablative and nonmyeloablative stem cell transplant
Myeloablative SCT; allogeneic
Myeloablative SCT; autologous stem cell transplant
Myeloablative stem cell transplant; allogeneic
Myeloablative stem cell transplant; autologous
MYH-associated polyposis (MAP)
MyMRD NGS Panel (Lab for Personalized Molecular Medicine)
Myocardial strain imaging
MyoCath
MyoCell
Myoelectric upper extremity prosthesis
MyoPro (Myomo)
Myostrain (Myocardial Solutions)
MyoVision
MyPRS™ (Signal Genetics LLC.)
myRisk® (Myriad Genetics, Utah)
myTAIHEART (TAI Diagnostics, Inc.)

 

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