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Capital Blue Cross Medical Policy Updates – March 2019
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March 2019 Capital Blue Cross Medical Policy Updates:
- Abdominoplasty and Panniculectomy
- Adoptive Immunotherapy
- Allergy Testing and Immunotherapy
- Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Genetic Diseases and Acquired Anemias
- Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Myelodysplastic Syndromes and Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
- Ambulatory Event Monitors and Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry
- Amniotic Membrane and Amniotic Fluid Injections
- Augmentation Mammoplasty
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Automated Point of Care Nerve Conduction Tests
- Autonomic Nervous System Testing
- Bio-Engineered Skin and Soft Tissue Substitutes
- Blepharoplasty, Repair of Brow Ptosis and Reconstructive Eyelid Surgery
- Bronchial Thermoplasty
- Cardiac Rehabilitation in the Outpatient Setting
- Corneal Surgery, Implantation of Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segment, and Corneal Topography / Photokeratoscopy
- Cytochrome p450 Genotyping
- Dermatologic Applications of Photodynamic Therapy
- Electrical Stimulation for the Treatment of Arthritis and Miscellaneous Conditions
- Electroencephalograms (EEGs)
- Endoscopic Radiofrequency Ablation or Cryoablation for Barretts Esophagus
- Enhanced External Counterpulsation (EECP)
- Epidural Steroid Injections for Back Pain and Facet Nerve Blocks
- Extracorporeal Photopheresis
- Facet Joint Denervation
- Genetic Testing for Hereditary Hemochromatosis
- Genetic Testing for Inherited Thrombophilia
- Genetic Testing for Marfan Syndrome, Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections, and Related Disorders
- Genetic Testing for Mental Health Conditions
- Genetic Testing for Pathogenic FMR1 Variants (Including Fragile X Syndrome)
- Implantable Sinus Stents for Postoperative Use Following Endoscopic Sinus Surgery and for Recurrent Sinus Disease
- Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring (Sensory Evoked Potentials, Motor Evoked Potentials, EEG Monitoring)
- Laboratory and Genetic Testing for Use of 5-Flourouracil in Patients with Cancer
- Laser Treatment of Port Wine Stains
- Liver Transplant and Combined Liver-Kidney Transplant
- Lung and Lobar Lung Transplant
- Miscellaneous Genetic Tests and Molecular Diagnostic Tests
- Moderate Penetrance Variants Associated with Breast Cancer in Individuals at High Breast Cancer Risk
- Noninvasive Fetal RHD Genotyping Using Cell-Free Fetal DNA
- Noninvasive Prenatal Screening for Fetal Aneuploidies and Microdeletions Using Cell Free DNA
- Non-Invasive Techniques for the Evaluation and Monitoring of Patients with Chronic Liver Disease
- Office Based Procedures Performed in a Facility
- Oncological Applications of Photodynamic Therapy including Barrett’s Esophagus
- Peripheral Subcutaneous Field Stimulation (PSFS)
- Prophylactic Mastectomy and Prophylactic Bilateral or Salpingo-Oopherectomy
- Radiofrequency Ablation of Primary or Metastatic Liver Tumors
- Serum Antibody Markers for Diagnosing Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Surgical Treatment of Gynecomastia
- Threshold Electrical Stimulation as a Treatment of Motor Disorders
- Tumor Treatment Fields Therapy for Glioblastoma
- Ultrafiltration in Decompensated Heart Failure
- Ultraviolet Light Therapies
- Viral Tropism Testing
- Whole Exome and Whole Genome Sequencing for Diagnosis of Genetic Disorders
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