Tonsillectomy for Pathological Airway (Type2) Halitosis due to Chronic Caseous Tonsillitis (CCT) with Tonsilloliths

Threshold

This procedure will be funded for the treatment of severe airway (Type 2) halitosis due to CCT if the following criteria can be met:

• Pathological halitosis (offensive smelling breath) which has been demonstrated to be due to CCT with tonsil crypt debris (tonsilloliths) with diagnosis confirmed by ENT specialist

AND

• CCT has not responded to medical management over a period of three months. Medical management can include irrigation, saline gargling, topical antiseptic spray, anti-inflammatories.

Cases for Individual Funding Consideration (Patients who do not meet the policy criteria)

On a case to case basis, patients might be eligible for surgical intervention, in consideration of their exceptionality. The requesting clinician must provide information to support the case for being considered an exception, by submitting an individual funding request.