Benefit category determination means a national determination regarding whether an item or service meets the Medicare definition of durable medical equipment at section 1861(n) of the Act, a prosthetic device at section 1861(s)(8) of the Act and further defined under section 1834(h)(4) of the Act, an orthotic or leg, arm, back or neck brace, a prosthetic or artificial leg, arm or eye at section 1861(s)(9) of the Act, is a surgical dressing, or is a therapeutic shoe or insert subject to sections 1834(a), (h), or
42 C.F.R. §414.240