Under Medicare, the two criteria for home enteral nutrition are:

• A. A permanent non-function of the small bowel only
• B. A permanent non-function or disease of the structures that normally permit food to reach the small bowel; A disease of the small bowel that impairs digestion and absorption of an oral diet
• C. A permanent non-function or disease of any organ and a requirement for tube feeding
• D. A need for short-term tube feeding to treat a reversible condition

Answer: (B)