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Blue Shield California Medical Policy Updates – July 2018
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July 2018 Blue Shield California Medical Policy Updates:
- Adjustable Cranial Orthoses for Positional Plagiocephaly and Craniosynostoses
- Ambulatory Event Monitors and Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry
- Assays of Genetic Expression in Tumor Tissue as a Technique to Determine Prognosis in Patients with Breast Cancer
- Baroreflex Stimulation Devices
- Biventricular Pacemakers (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy) for the Treatment of Heart Failure
- Blepharoplasty, Blepharoptosis Repair (Levator Resection) and Brow Lift (Repair of Brow Ptosis)
- Bone Mineral Density Studies
- Breast Implant Management
- Cardiac Hemodynamic Monitoring for the Management of Heart Failure in the Outpatient Setting
- Catheter Ablation as Treatment for Atrial Fibrillation
- Cervical Spine Surgery
- Circulating Tumor DNA for Management of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (Liquid Biopsy)
- Cleft Palate – Dental Related Services
- Closure Devices for Patent Foramen Ovale and Atrial Septal Defects
- Continuous or Intermittent Monitoring of Glucose in Interstitial Fluid
- Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography With Selective Noninvasive Fractional Flow Reserve
- Diabetes Prevention Program
- Elective Revascularization Utilizing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Non-Acute, Stable Coronary Artery Disease
- Endovascular Stent Grafts for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
- Endovascular Stent Grafts for Disorders of the Thoracic Aorta
- Enhanced External Counterpulsation
- Epidural Spine Injections
- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Adult Conditions
- Gender Reassignment Surgery
- Genetic Testing for Hereditary Breast/Ovarian Cancer Syndrome (BRCA1 or BRCA2)
- Genetic Testing for Inherited Thrombophilia
- Genetic Testing for Lactase Insufficiency
- Hysterectomy Surgery for Benign Conditions
- Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
- Inhaled Nitric Oxide
- Intradialytic Parenteral Nutrition
- KIF6 Genotyping for Predicting Cardiovascular Risk and/or Effectiveness of Statin Therapy
- Laboratory Tests for Heart Transplant Rejection
- Lipid Apheresis
- Lumbar Spine Surgery
- Molecular Testing in the Management of Pulmonary Nodules
- Noninvasive Fetal RHD Genotyping Using Cell-Free Fetal DNA
- Noninvasive Prenatal Screening for Fetal Aneuploidies and Microdeletions Using Cell-Free Fetal DNA
- Open and Thoracoscopic Approaches to Treat Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter (Maze and Related Procedures)
- Orthognathic Surgery
- Panniculectomy, Abdominoplasty, and Surgical Management of Diastasis Recti
- Paravertebral Facet Joint Injections or Blocks
- Partial Thickness Rotator Cuff Tears and Acromioplasty/Subacromial Decompression
- Patient-Specific Instrumentation (e.g., Cutting Guides) for Joint Arthroplasty
- Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Closure Devices for Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation
- Personalized Breast Cancer Screening Clinical Trial
- Pharmacogenetic Testing for Pain Management
- Polysomnography for Non-Respiratory Sleep Disorders
- Progenitor Cell Therapy for the Treatment of Damaged Myocardium due to Ischemia
- Prophylactic Mastectomy
- Reconstructive Services
- Sacral Nerve Neuromodulation/Stimulation
- Sacroiliac Joint Injections
- Speech Therapy
- ST2 Assay for Chronic Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Rejection
- Surgical Treatment of Bilateral Gynecomastia
- Thoracic Spine Surgery
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation for Aortic Stenosis
- Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair
- Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Implantation
- Treatment of Hyperhidrosis
- Treatment of Varicose Veins/Venous Insufficiency
- Ultrafiltration in Decompensated Heart Failure
- Ultrasonographic Measurement of Carotid Intima-Medial Thickness as an Assessment of Subclinical Atherosclerosis
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