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BCBS Mississippi Medical Policy Updates – November 2022
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November 2022 BCBS Mississippi Medical Policy Updates:
- Acoustic Cardiography
- Adjunctive Techniques for Screening and Surveillance of Barrett Esophagus and Esophageal Dysplasia
- Allogeneic Pancreas Transplant
- Analysis of MGMT Promoter Methylation in Malignant Gliomas
- Augmentation Mammoplasty
- Automated Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring for the Diagnosis of Hypertension in Patients with Elevated Office Blood Pressure
- Benlysta (belimumab)
- Beta Amyloid Imaging with Positron Emission Tomography for Alzheimer Disease
- Bioengineered Skin and Soft Tissue Substitutes
- Blepharoplasty
- Bone Mineral Density Studies
- Breast Reconstruction Following Mastectomy
- Cardiac Hemodynamic Monitoring for the Management of Heart Failure in the Outpatient Setting
- Computer-aided Detection in Conjunction with Digitized Screen-Film Mammography or Full-Field Digital Mammography
- Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) Testing
- Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation (CES) and Auricular Electrostimulation
- Deep Dorsal Vein Arterialization Revascularization Procedure
- Dermabrasion
- Epidural, Intrathecal, and Intraventricular Morphine Administration
- Estrogen Hormone Testing: Estradiol and Estrone
- Excimer Laser Coronary Angioplasty (ELCA)
- External Infusion Pumps
- Free Testosterone Testing
- Free Triiodothyronine (T3) and Reverse T3
- Gastrointestinal (GI) Function/Health Panel
- Gene Expression Profiling for Cutaneous Melanoma
- General Health Panel
- Genetic Testing
- Genetic Testing for Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophy
- Genetic Testing for Lynch Syndrome and Other Inherited Colon Cancer Syndromes
- Grenz Ray Therapy for Skin Disorders
- Healthy You! Wellness Procedures
- Heart Transplant
- Heart/Lung Transplant
- Heavy Metal Testing
- Home Cervical Traction Devices
- Hormone Pellet Implantation for Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) in Women
- Hyperthermia Therapy
- Identification of Microorganisms Using Nucleic Acid Probes
- Immunohistochemistry for Microscopic Evaluation of Breast Cancer
- Immunohistochemistry for Microscopic Evaluation of Prostate Biopsy
- Interspinous Fixation (Fusion) Devices
- Intra-articular Hyaluronan Injections for Osteoarthritis
- Intravenous Nutrient Therapy
- Intravitreal Angiogenesis Inhibitors for Retinal Vascular Conditions
- Isolated Small Bowel Transplant
- Kidney Transplant
- Knee Arthroplasty – West Central and North East Region
- Lipid Testing
- Liver Transplant and Combined Liver-Kidney Transplant
- Lung and Lobar Lung Transplant
- Luteinizing Hormone (LH) Testing
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of the Abdomen and Pelvis
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of the Brain and Head
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of the Lower Extremity
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of the Orbit, Face, Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) and Neck
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Targeted Biopsy of the Prostate
- Miscellaneous (Noncardiac, Nononcologic) Applications of Fluorine 18 Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography
- Miscellaneous Genetic and Molecular Diagnostic Tests
- Non-invasive Techniques for the Evaluation and Monitoring of Patients With Chronic Liver Disease
- Oncologic Applications of PET Scanning
- Oral Oncology
- Over-The-Counter Diagnostic Testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- Oxygen
- Percutaneous Intradiscal Electrothermal Annuloplasty, Radiofrequency Annuloplasty, and Biacuplasty
- Percutaneous Left-Atrial Appendage Closure Devices for Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation
- Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation
- Periureteral Bulking Agents as a Treatment of Vesicoureteral Reflux
- Phrenic Nerve Stimulation for Central Sleep Apnea
- Preventive Health Services
- Prostatic Urethral Lift
- Radiofrequency Ablation of Primary or Metastatic Liver Tumors
- Sleep Disorders – Effective 01/01/2018
- Small Bowel/Liver and Multivisceral Transplant
- Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block for Headache
- State and School Employees’ Health Insurance Plan – Telehealth: Real-Time Interactive Telemedicine Services
- State and School Employees’ Health Insurance Plan – Telehealth: Remote Patient Monitoring Services
- Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT)
- Telehealth: Real-Time Interactive Telemedicine Services
- Telehealth: Real-Time Interactive Telemedicine Services
- Telehealth: Remote Patient Monitoring Services
- Telehealth: Remote Patient Monitoring Services
- Telehealth: Store-and-Forward Telemedicine Services
- Telehealth: Store-and-Forward Telemedicine Services
- Telehealth: Store-and-Forward Telemedicine Services
- Temporomandibular Joint Disorder
- Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA)
- Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)
- Whole Exome and Whole Genome Sequencing for Diagnosis of Genetic Disorders
- Whole Gland Cryoablation of Prostate Cancer
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