BCBS Kansas City Medical Policy Updates – September 2022

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September 2022 BCBS Kansas City Medical Policy Updates:

• Ablation of Peripheral Nerves to Treat Pain
• Cardiac Hemodynamic Monitoring for the Management of Heart Failure in the Outpatient Setting
• Cardiac Rehabilitation
• Chronic Intermittent Intravenous Insulin Therapy
• Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy
• Cryosurgical Ablation of Tumors located in the kidney lung breast pancreas bone
• Digital Health Therapies for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• Digital Health Therapies for Substance Abuse
• Dopamine Transporter Imaging With Single Photo Emission CT
• Dry Needling of Myofascial Trigger Points
• Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscopy
• Extracorporeal Photopheresis
• Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for Plantar Fasciitis and Other Musculoskeletal Conditions
• Facet Arthroplasty
• Intraocular Radiation Therapy for Age Related Macular Degeneration
• Leadless Cardiac Pacemakers
• Manipulations and Chiropractic Care
• Measurement of Exhaled Nitric Oxide
• Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in outpatient setting
• Neurofeedback
• Orthopedic App of Stem Cell Therapy
• Percutaneous Balloon Kyphoplasty and Mechanical Vertebral Augmentation
• Peripheral Subcutaneous Field Stimulation
• Scintimammography and Gamma Imaging of Breast Axilla
• Sensory Integration Therapy and Auditory Integration Therapy
• Surgery for Groin Pain in Athletes
• Surgical Ventricular Restoration
• Synthetic Cartilage Implants for Joint Pain
• Therapeutic Radiopharmaceuticals for Neuroendocrine Tumors
• Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation
• Treatment of Tinnitus
• Viscocanalostomy and Canaloplasty

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