BCBS Arizona Medical Policy Updates – March 2019

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February 2019 Medical Policy Updates:

• Amniotic Membrane and Amniotic Fluid Injections and Transplantation
• Assistant Surgeon
• Auditory Brainstem Implant
• Balloon Dilation for Treatment of Eustachian Tube Dysfunction
• Balloon Ostial Dilation for Treatment of Chronic Sinusitis
• Breast Reconstruction/Removal and Replacement of Implants
• Chelation Therapy
• Chronic Intermittent Intravenous Insulin Therapy
• Cochlear Implant
• Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking
• Drug Testing in Pain Management and Substance Use Disorder(s)Treatment
• Dynamic Posturography
• Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
• Handheld Radiofrequency Spectroscopy for Intraoperative Assessment of Surgical Margins During Breast-Conserving Surgery
• Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in the Treatment of Germ Cell Tumors
• Implantable Sinus Stents and Implants for Postoperative Use Following Endoscopic Sinus Surgery and for Recurrent Sinus Disease
• Intra-Articular Hyaluronan Injections
• Panniculectomy, Abdominal
• Permanent Leadless Pacemaker, Transcatheter
• Reduction Mammoplasty/Mastectomy for Treatment of Male Gynecomastia
• Sculptra
• Semi-Implantable and Fully Implantable Middle Ear Hearing Aids
• Surgery for Groin Pain in Athletes
• Surgical Deactivation of Headache Trigger Sites
• Surgical Ventricular Restoration
• Synthetic Cartilage Implants for Joint Pain
• Transmyocardial Revascularization
• Transtympanic Micropressure Applications as a Treatment of Meniere’s Disease
• Vestibular Function Testing

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