BCBS South Carolina Medical Policy Updates – March 2019

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March 2019 BCBS South Carolina Medical Policy Updates:

• Adjustable Cranial Orthoses for Positional Plagiocephaly and Craniosynostoses
• Artificial Pancreas Device Systems
• Biofeedback as a Treatment of Urinary Incontinence in Adults
• Biventricular Pacemakers (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy) for the Treatment of Heart Failure
• Bone Mineral Density Studies
• BRAF Gene Mutation Testing To Select Melanoma Patients for BRAF Inhibitor Targeted Therapy
• Bronchial Thermoplasty
• Cell Transplantation (Mesencephalic, Adrenal-Brain and Fetal Xenograft)
• Computer Assisted Musculoskeletal Surgical Navigational Orthopedic Procedure
• Continent Ileostomy and Urostomy
• Continuous or Intermittent Monitoring of Glucose in Interstitial Fluid
• Cytoreductive Surgery and Perioperative Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Select Intra-Abdominal and Pelvic Malignancies
• Diagnosis and Treatment of Sacroiliac Joint Pain
• Discarded Drugs/Biologicals – Pharmaceutical Waste
• Electrocorticography
• Electroencephalograms (EEG)
• Electrophrenic Pacemaker
• Endoscopic Injection Sclerotherapy for Esophageal Varices
• Endoscopic Laser for Tracheobronchial Obstructions
• Enteral Carbidopa and Levodopa Intestinal Gel Suspension
• Enteral Feeding In-Line Cartridge (EFIC™)/Immobilized Lipase Cartridge/Relizorb™ä
• Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Adult Conditions
• Extracranial Carotid Angioplasty/Stenting
• Fetal Surgery for Prenatally Diagnosed Malformations
• Functional MRI
• Gas Permeable Scleral Contact Lens
• Genetic Cancer Susceptibility Panels Using Next Generation Sequencing
• Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation for Plasma Cell Dyscrasias, Including Multiple Myeloma and POEMS Syndrome
• Home Apnea Monitors
• Home Phototherapy for Neonatal Jaundice
• Home Spirometry
• Hospice Care
• Immune Globulin Therapy
• Implantable Infusion Pump
• Infrared Coagulation for Hemorrhoids
• Injectable Clostridial Collagenase for Fibroproliferative Disorders
• Intracardiac Electrophysiologic Studies
• Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring (sensory-evoked potentials, motor-evoked potentials, EEG monitoring)
• Intravenous or Subcutaneous Histamine Therapy
• Intravitreal Angiogenesis Inhibitors for Choroidal Vascular Conditions
• Intravitreal Angiogenesis Inhibitors for Retinal Vascular Conditions
• Iontophoresis and Phonophoresis
• Laser Treatment of Port Wine Stain
• Laser-Assisted Tonsillectomy
• Magnetoencephalography/Magnetic Source Imaging
• Measurement of Serum Antibodies to Infliximab and Adalimumab
• Miscellaneous (Non-cardiac, Non-oncologic) Applications of Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
• Neural Therapy
• Neurofeedback
• Nusinersen for Spinal Muscular Atrophy
• Oncologic Applications of PET Scanning
• Ophthalmologic Techniques for Evaluating Glaucoma
• Optical Coherence Tomography for Imaging of Coronary Arteries
• Ovarian and Internal Iliac Vein Embolization as a Treatment of Pelvic Congestion Syndrome
• Patient-Controlled Analgesia
• Positron Emission Mammography (PEM)
• Powered Exoskeleton for Ambulation in Patients With Lower-Limb Disabilities
• Preventive Services for Non-Grandfathered (PPACA) Plans: USPSTF recommended services
• Progenitor Cell Therapy for the Treatment of Damaged Myocardium due to Ischemia
• Scintigraphy of Acute Deep Venous Thrombus
• Selective Posterior Rhizotomy for the Spasticity of Cerebral Palsy
• Signal-Averaged Electrocardiography
• Stereotactic Electroencephalography
• Temporary Prostatic Stent
• Testosterone Testing
• Thermography
• Thoracic-Lumbo-Sacral Orthosis with Pneumatics
• Transanal Radiofrequency Treatment of Fecal Incontinence
• Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Depression and Other Neuropsychiatric Disorders
• Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)
• Transfusion Therapy for Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and the Newborn
• Transpupillary Thermotherapy for Treatment of Choroidal Neovascular Conditions
• Treatment of Hepatitis C with Interferon and/or Ribavirin
• Ultrafiltration in Decompensated Heart Failure
• Ultrasound Accelerated Fracture Healing Device
• Ultrasound for the Evaluation of Paranasal Sinuses
• Vertebral Fracture Assessment with Densitometry
• Whole Body Dual X-ray Absorptiometry (DEXA) to Determine Body Composition

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