Definition
Programs that provide diagnostic and treatment services for people who have been unable to have children. A wide variety of procedures are available including the use of hormones or medication (fertility drugs) to stimulate egg/sperm production, assisted reproductive technologies such as in vitro fertilization which involve retrieval of eggs and enhancement of eggs and/or sperm outside the body, embryo transfer (following in vitro fertilization or embryo donation), microsurgical procedures to improve the likelihood of embryo implantation in the uterus and embryo development, artificial insemination using the male partner's sperm or donor sperm, embryo donation, embryo/sperm cryopreservation and embryo adoption.
URL Name
LJ-2000-3300
Third Level Code
LJ-2000
Taxonomy Code
LJ-2000.3300
Parent Code
LJ-2000
Family Code
L
Second Level Code
LJ
Fourth Level Code
LJ-2000-3300
Use References
Assisted Reproduction Services, Fertility Services, Fertility Clinic Services
Publication Status
Online