Qualified Medical Expenses
Partial List of IRS Approved Medical Expenses:
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Health Institute |
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Oxygen |
Acupuncture
Alcoholism
Ambulance
Artificial Limb
Artificial Teeth
Autoette
Bandages
Breast Reconstruction Surgery
Birth Control Pills
Braille Books/Magazines
Capital Expenses (includes
equipment/improvements for your home for medical purposes)
Car (specially equipped)
Chiropractor
Christian Science Practitioner
Contact Lenses
Crutches
Dental Treatment
Diagnostic Devices
Disabled Dependent Care Expenses
Drug Addition
Eye glasses
Eye Surgery
Fertility Enhancement
Founder’s Fee
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Health Maintenance Organization
Hearing Aids
Home Care
Home Improvements
Hospital Services
Laboratory Fees
Lead Based Paint Removal
Learning Disability
Legal Fees
Lifetime Care – Advanced Payments
Lodging
Long-Term Care
Meals (in patient hospital care)
Medical Conferences
Medical Information Plan
Medical Services
Medicines (doctor prescribed)
Mentally Retarded, Special Home
Nursing Home
Nursing Services
Operations
Optometrist
Organ Donors
Osteopath
Over-the Counter Drugs (excluding vitamins or nutritional supplements) |
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Prosthesis
Psychiatric Care
Psychoanalysis
Psychologist
Special Education
Sterilization
Stop-Smoking Program
Surgery
Telephone (special equipment for hearing impaired)
Television(equipped for hearing impaired)
Therapy
Transplants
Transportation (for medical care)
Trips (essential to receipt of medical care)
Tuition
Vasectomy
Vision Correction Surgery
Weight-Loss Program
Wheelchair
Wig
X-ray |
The above listing is subject to IRS rules & regulations under code section 213(d). See Publication 502 for further detailed descriptions.
Partial List of IRS NOT Approved Medical Expenses:
Baby-Sitting, Childcare & Nursing Services for Normal Health Baby
Controlled Substances
Cosmetic Surgery
Dancing Lessons
Diaper Service
Electrolysis or Hair Removal
Flexible Spending Account
Funeral Expenses
Future Medical Care
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Hair Transplant
Health Club Dues
Health Coverage Tax Credit
Health Savings Accounts
Household Help
Illegal Operations and Treatments
Insurance Premiums
Maternity Clothes
Medical Savings Accounts
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Medicine and Drugs From Other Countries
Nonprescription Drugs and Medicines (except insulin)
Nutritional Supplements (unless approved by physician for specific medical condition)
Personal Use Items
Swimming Lessons
Teeth Whitening
Veterinary Fees (unless trained animal specific to assist person)
Weight-Loss Program (not diagnosed by a physician)
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These are partial lists of typical expenses and do not include all eligible or non-eligible expenses. For additional information, please go to www.irs.gov. Millennium Trust Company does not render investment,
tax or legal advice.
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