Expenses
a flexible spending account will coverBy Kay
Bell • Bankrate.com Here is an IRS list
of medically related expenses you can submit for payment from your flexible spending
account. The expenses you claim must be ones that are not paid under insurance
policies or any other source. Always check with your company's benefits or human
resources department for any possible changes in what is deemed a "qualified
medical expense." To quickly check if
the service you're interested in is in the list, click on its first letter. A
| B | C |
D | E |
F | G |
H | I |
L | M |
N | O |
P | R |
S | T |
V | W |
X
A
Acupuncture
Alcoholism or drug dependency treatment
Ambulance service
Artificial limbs
Artificial teeth B
Birth control pills
Braces
Braille books and magazines C
Car adaptations and controls for the handicapped
Child-care or day-care expenses
necessary for employment
Chiropractors
Christian Science practitioner's
fees
Co-insurance amount you pay for contact lenses
Contact lens solutions
and cleansers
Cosmetic surgery (as necessary to correct congenital abnormality
or repair required by accident)
Cost of operations and related treatments
Crutches D
Deductibles you pay for health care
Dental fees
Dentures
Diagnostic
fees
Doctors' fees E
Eye examinations
Eyeglasses, including prescription sunglasses F
Fees of healing services G
Guide dog or other service animal H
Hearing devices and batteries
Home improvements necessary due to medical reasons
Hospital bills
Hypnosis for treatment of an illness I
Insulin L
Laboratory fees
Laetrile by prescription
Life fee to retirement home for
medical care M
Mentally handicapped or retarded care -- includes treatment, training and special
homes N
Nursing home care for medical treatment
Nursing services (including nurses'
board and Social Security tax where paid by taxpayer) O
Obstetrical expense
Operations
Optometrist
Orthodontia
Orthopedic
shoes
Osteopath fees
Over-the-counter drugs
Oxygen P
Physician-recommended swimming pool or spa equipment costs and maintenance
Prescription drugs and medicines
Psychiatric care
Psychologist fees R
Routine physicals and other non-diagnostic services or treatments S
Seeing-eye dog and its upkeep
Smoking cessation programs
Special education
for the blind
Sterilization fees
Surgical fees
Syringes, needles,
and injections T
Telephone, special for deaf
Television audio display equipment for the deaf
Therapy treatments
Transplants
Transportation expenses primarily in the
rendering of medical service, i.e., railroad fare to hospital or to recuperation
home, cab fare in obstetrical cases
Tuition at special school or tutoring
for learning disables or handicapped V
Vasectomy
Vitamins by prescription W
Weight loss programs, if deemed medically necessary by a physician
Wheelchair
Wigs, if prescribed by doctor X
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