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Capital Blue Cross Medical Policy Updates – December 2018
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December 2018 Capital Blue Cross Medical Policy Updates:
- Acupuncture
- Ambulatory Event Monitors and Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry
- Amniotic Membrane and Amniotic Fluid Injections
- Artificial Intervertebral Disc (Lumbar and Cervical)
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Automated Percutaneous and Percutaneous Endoscopic Discectomy
- Bariatric Surgery
- Bendamustine (Bendeka™, Treanda®)
- Bio-Engineered Skin and Soft Tissue Substitutes
- Bone Morphogenetic Protein
- Cardiac Hemodynamic Monitoring for the Management of Heart Failure in the Outpatient Setting
- Carrier Screening for Genetic Diseases
- Cochlear Implant
- Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation(CES) and Auricular Electrostimulation
- Cryosurgical Ablation of Miscellaneous Solid Tumors Other than Liver, Prostate or Dermatologic Tumors
- Cryosurgical Ablation of Primary or Metastatic Liver Tumors
- Decompression of the Intervertebral Disc using Laser Energy (Laser Discectomy) or Radiofrequency Coblation (Nucleoplasty)
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Sacroiliac Joint Pain
- Drug Infusion Site of Service
- Electromyography (EMG) (Needle and Non-Needle) of the Anal or Urethral Sphincter
- Endovascular Stent Grafts for Disorders of the Thoracic Aorta
- Endovascular Therapies for Extracranial Vertebral Artery Disease
- Evoked Potential Studies
- Experimental and Investigational Procedures
- Eye Care
- Gait Analysis
- Gas Permeable Scleral Contact Lens and Therapeutic Soft Contact Lens
- Gene Expression Testing in Patients with Stable Ischemic Heart Disease
- Gene Therapy for Inherited Retinal Dystrophy
- General Approach to Genetic Testing
- Genetic Cancer Susceptibility Panels Using Next Generational Sequencing
- Genetic Testing for Cardiac Ion Channelopathies
- Genetic Testing for CHARGE Syndrome
- Genetic Testing for Dilated Cardiomyopathy
- Genetic Testing for Facioscpulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
- Genetic Testing for Hereditary Breast and-or Ovarian Cancer Syndrome (BRCA1-BRCA2)
- Genetic Testing for Hereditary Hearing Loss
- Genetic Testing for Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophies
- Home Cardiorespiratory Monitoring
- Image-Guided Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression (IG-MILD) for Spinal Stenosis and Discography
- Implantable Electrical Nerve Stimulators (Vagus, Autonomic Nerve, and Peripheral Nerve Stimulators)
- Implantable Sinus Stents for Postoperative Use Following Endoscopic Sinus Surgery and for Recurrent Sinus Disease
- Interferential Current Stimulation
- Interspinous and Interlaminar Stabilization-Distraction Devices (Spacers) and Dynamic Stabilization Devices
- Intra Articular Hyaluronan Injections for Osteoarthritis of Knee
- Intravenous Chelation Therapy
- Invasive Prenatal (Fetal) Diagnostic Testing
- Kidney Transplants, Pancreas Transplants, and Simultaneous Kidney/Pancreas Transplant
- Laparoscopic and Percutaneous Techniques for the Myolysis of Uterine Fibroids
- Lung Volume Reduction Surgery for Severe Emphysema
- Magnetoencephalography/Magnetic Source Imaging
- Manipulation Therapy Services
- Mechanical Stretching Devices for Contracture and Joint Stiffness
- Medical Necessity
- Microwave Tumor Ablation
- Molecular Markers in Fine Needle Aspirates of the Thyroid
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- Morphometric Based Testing
- Navigated Transcranial Stimulation (nTMS)
- Neural Therapy
- Neuropsychological Testing for Medical Purposes
- Non-Invasive Techniques for the Evaluation and Monitoring of Patients with Chronic Liver Disease
- Off-Label Use of Medications
- Omacetaxine Mepesuccinate (Synribo®)
- Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) of the Anterior Eye Segment
- Optical Coherence Tomography for Imaging of Coronary Arteries
- Orthognathic Surgery
- Orthopedic Applications of Platelet Rich Plasma
- Orthopedic Applications of Stem Cell Therapy (Including Allograft and Bone Substitute Products Used with Autologous Bone Marrow)
- Ovarian and Internal Iliac Vein Embolization as Treatment of Pelvic Congestion Syndrome
- Paraspinal Surface Electromyography to Evaluate and Monitor Back Pain
- Percutaneous Balloon Kyphoplasty and Mechanical Vertebral Augmentation
- Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (PENs) and Percutaneous Neuromodulation Therapy (PNT)
- Percutaneous Vertebroplasty and Sacroplasty
- Periureteral Bulking Agents as Treatment of Vesicoureteral Reflux
- Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) for Treatment of Esophageal Achalasia
- Power Wheelchairs, Power Operated Vehicles (POV) and Related Options and Accessories
- Prostatic Urethral Lift
- Proteomic Testing for Targeted Therapy in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
- Quantitative Sensory Testing
- Radiofrequency Ablation of Miscellaneous Solid Tumors Excluding Liver Tumors
- Reproductive Techniques
- Scintimammography and Gamma Imaging of the Breast and Axilla
- Self Administered Medications
- Semi-Implantable and Fully Implantable Middle Ear Hearing Aid
- Subcutaneous Hormone Pellet Implants
- Subtalar Arthroereisis
- Suprachoroidal Delivery of Pharmacologic Agents
- Surgical Treatment of Heart Failure
- Sympathetic Therapy for the Treatment of Pain
- Therapeutic Shoes for Persons with Diabetes
- Thermography
- Total Artificial Hearts and Implantable Ventricular Assist Devices
- Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair
- Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation
- Transmyocardial Revascularization
- Transvaginal and Transurethral Radiofrequency Tissue Remodeling for Urinary Stress Incontinence
- Treatment of Varicose Veins – Venous Insufficiency
- Trigger Point and Tender Point Injections
- T-Wave Alternans Testing
- Ultrasonographic Measurement of Carotid Intimal-Medial Thickness as an Assessment of Subclinical Atherosclerosis
- Ultrasound Accelerated Fracture Healing Device
- Vagus Nerve Blocking Therapy for Treatment of Obesity
- Vertebral Fracture Assessment with Densitometry
- Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Rib
- Visual Field Testing
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