Definition
Programs that provide total nutritional requirements intravenously for patients who are unable to take foods orally. The intravenous fluids contain a careful balance of protein, fats, dextrose, electrolytes, minerals and vitamins which are infused into the large vein in the arm through a catheter and which can sustain life and maintain normal growth and development for long periods of time.
URL Name
LT-8300-3430
Third Level Code
LT-8300
Taxonomy Code
LT-8300.3430
Parent Code
LT-8300
Family Code
L
Second Level Code
LT
Fourth Level Code
LT-8300-3430
Use References
Parenteral Nutrition, Hyperalimentation Assistance, Home Parenteral Nutrition, HPN, Intravenous Nutritional Therapy, Total Parenteral Nutrition, TPN
Publication Status
Draft