BCBS Kansas City Medical Policy Updates – August 2018

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August 2018 BCBS Kansas City Medical Policy Updates:

• Ablation Procedures for Peripheral Neuromas
• Acupuncture for Pain Management, Nausea and Vomiting, and Opioid Dependence
• Allogeneic Pancreas Transplant
• Aqueous Shunts and Stents for Glaucoma
• Autonomic Nervous System Testing
• Bio-Engineered Skin and Soft Tissue Substitutes
• Biventricular Pacemakers (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy) for the Treatment of Heart Failure
• Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide (CGRP) Receptor Antagonist-Aimovig
• Catheter Ablation as Treatment for Atrial Fibrillation
• Cognitive Rehabilitation
• Continuous Passive Motion in the Home Setting
• Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography With Selective Noninvasive Fractional Flow Reserve
• Deep Brain Stimulation
• Dynamic Splinting Devices
• Electrical Bone Growth Stimulation of the Appendicular Sk
• Electrical Stimulation for Scoliosis
• Electrical Stimulation of the Spine as an Adjunct to Spinal Fusion Procedures
• Endobronchial Ultrasound for Diagnosis and Staging of Lung Cancer
• Endovascular Therapies for Extracranial Vertebral Artery Disease
• Erleada (apalutamide)
• Gait Analysis
• Gene Expression Profiling for Cutaneous Melanoma
• Gene Expression Testing in the Evaluation of Patients with Stable Ischemic Heart Disease
• Genetic Testing for Epilepsy
• Heart Transplant
• Implantable Bone-Conduction and Bone-Anchored Hearing Aids
• Interferential Current Stimulation
• Intradialytic Parenteral Nutrition
• Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring
• Islet Transplantation
• Kidney Transplant
• Laminectomy
• Magnetic Resonance‒Guided Focused Ultrasound
• Molecular Testing for the Management of Pancreatic Cysts or Barrett Esophagus
• Noninvasive Prenatal Screening for Fetal Aneuploidies and Microdeletions Using Cell Free Fetal DNA
• Open and Thoracoscopic Approaches to Treat Atrial Fibrillation or Atrial Flutter (Maze and Related Procedures)
• Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) of the Anterior Eye Segment
• Paraspinal Surface Electromyography (EMG) to Evaluate and Monitor Back Pai
• Patient Controlled End of Range Motion Stretching Devices
• Patient-Specific Instrumentation (eg, Cutting Guides) for Joint Arthroplasty
• Percutaneous Intradiscal Electrothermal Annuloplasty Radiofrequency Annuloplasty, and Biacuplasty
• Pharmacogenetic Testing for Pain Management
• Progenitor Cell Therapy for the Treatment of Damaged Myocardium Due to Ischemia
• Radioembolization for Primary and Metastatic Tumors of the Liver
• Responsive Neurostimulation for the Treatment of Refractory Focal Epilepsy
• Retinal Prosthesis
• Saturation Biopsy for Diagnosis and Staging and Management of Prostate Cancer
• Serum Biomarker Panel Testing for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Other Connective Tissue Diseases
• ST2 Assay for Chronic Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Rejection
• Step Therapy
• Surgical Treatment of Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
• Three-Dimensional Printed Orthopedic Implants
• Transcatheter Closure of Septal Defects
• Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair
• Transtympanic Micropressure Applications as a Treatment of Meniere’s Disease
• Treatment of Hyperhidrosis

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