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BCBS Kansas City Medical Policy Updates – August 2024
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August 2024 BCBS Kansas City Medical Policy Updates:
- Ablations Denervations of Facet Joints and Peripheral Nerves
- Acupuncture for Pain ManagementNausea and Vomitingand Opioid Dependence
- Allergen Testing
- Allogeneic Pancreas Transplant
- Anesthesia Services for Interventional Pain Procedures
- Autografts and Allografts in the Treatment of Focal Articular Cartilage Lesions
- Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation for Focal Articular Cartilage Lesions
- Autonomic Nervous System Testing
- Bio-Engineered Skin and Soft Tissue Substitutes
- Biomarker Testing for Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease
- Bone Morphogenetic Protein
- C1 Esterase Inhibitors MA Only
- Cardiac Imaging Guidelines
- Catheter Ablation as Treatment for Atrial Fibrillation
- Cognitive Rehabilitation
- Colorectal Cancer Screening
- Continuous Passive Motion in the Home Setting
- Diagnosis of Idiopathic Environmental Intolerance
- Diagnosis of Vaginitis
- Electrical Stimulation for Scoliosis
- Endobronchial Ultrasound for Diagnosing and Staging of Lung Cancer
- Epidural Adhesiolysis
- Epidural Steroid Injections
- Esophageal Pathology Testing
- Evaluation of Dry Eyes
- Facet Joint Injections Medial Branch Blocks
- Fibromyalgia Testing
- Gait Analysis
- Gas Permeable Scleral Contact Lens
- Genetic Testing for Connective Tissue Disorders
- Helicobacter Pylori Testing
- Hepatitis C Viremic Organs for Transplantation to Non-Viremic Patients
- Image-Guided Minimally Invasive Decompression for Spinal Stenosis
- Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD)
- Implantable Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems
- Interferential Current Stimulation
- Intracellular Micronutrient Analysis
- Intradialytic Parenteral Nutrition
- Intradiscal Procedures
- Intravitreal and Punctum Corticosteroid Implants
- Islet Transplantation for Chronic Pancreatitis and Donislecel-jujn for Type 1 Diabetes
- Kidney Transplant
- Liquid Biopsy
- Lyme Disease Testing
- Magnetic Resonance‒Guided Focused Ultrasound
- Microsatellite Instability and Tumor Mutational Burden Testing
- Minimally Invasive Ablation Procedures for Morton and Other Peripheral Neuromas
- Molecular Diagnostics for Breast Cancer Prognosis
- Molecular Markers in Fine Needle Aspirates of the Thyroid
- Mutation Analysis in Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
- Oncology Imaging Guidelines
- Onychomycosis Testing
- Open and Thoracoscopic Approaches to Treat Atrial Fibrillation (Maze and Related Procedures)
- Orthopedic Applications of Stem Cell Therapy (Including Allografts and Bone Substitutes Used With Autologous Bone Marrow)
- Paraspinal Surface Electromyography (EMG) to Evaluate and Monitor Back Pain
- Parathyroid HormonePhosphorusCalciumand Magnesium Testing
- Patient Controlled End Range Motion Stretching Devices
- Patient-Specific Instrumentation (egCutting Guides) for Joint Arthroplasty
- Pediatric Preventive Screening
- Percutaneous Balloon KyphoplastyRadiofrequency Kyphoplastyand Mechanical Vertebral Augmentation
- Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Field Stimulation for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation and Percutaneous Neuromodulation Therapy
- Pre-Implantation Genetic Testing
- Prescription Medication and Illicit Drug Testing in the Outpatient Setting
- Progenitor Cell Therapy for the Treatment of Damaged Myocardium Due to Ischemia
- Prolotherapy
- Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) Testing
- Radiofrequency Coblation Tenotomy for Musculoskeletal Conditions
- Regional Sympathetic Blocks
- Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) and Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM)
- Sacroiliac Joint Procedures
- Salivary Hormone Testing
- Spinal Cord and Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation
- Spine Imaging Guidelines
- Surgery for Groin Pain in Athletes
- Surgical Treatment of Femoroacetabular Impingement
- Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Implantation for Aortic Stenosis
- Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Implantation
- Treatment of Hyperhidrosis
- Urinary Tumor Markers for Bladder Cancer
- Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Rib (VEPTR)
- Vyepti (eptinezumab)
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