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Capital Blue Cross Medical Policy Updates – October 2018
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October 2018 Capital Blue Cross Medical Policy Updates:
- Actigraphy
- Adoptive Immunotherapy
- Ambulatory Event Monitors and Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry
- Automated Percutaneous and Percutaneous Endoscopic Discectomy
- Bariatric Surgery
- Colony-Stimulating Factors G-CSF and GM-CSF and Stem Cell Mobilizers
- Corneal Surgery, Implantation of Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segment, and Corneal Topography / Photokeratoscopy
- Corneal Transplant, Endothelial Keratoplasty and Keratoprosthesis
- Cytochrome p450 Genotyping
- Dermatologic Applications of Photodynamic Therapy
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Sacroiliac Joint Pain
- Drug Testing in Pain Management and Substance Abuse Treatment Settings
- Electrical Bone Growth Stimulation of the Appendicular Skeleton
- Electromyography (EMG) (Needle and Non-Needle) of the Anal or Urethral Sphincter
- Electromyography and Nerve Conduction Studies
- Experimental and Investigational Procedures
- External Infusion Pumps
- General Approach to Evaluating the Utility of Genetic Panels
- General Approach to Genetic Testing
- Genetic Testing for Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophy
- Genetic Testing for Facioscpulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
- Genetic Testing for Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophies
- Genetic Testing for Tamoxifen Treatment
- Genetic Testing of CADASIL Syndrome
- Handheld Radiofrequency Spectroscopy for Intraoperative Assessment of Surgical Margins During Breast Conserving Surgery
- Heart Transplant
- Interspinous Fixation (Fusion) Devices
- Intraocular Lenses and Spectacle Correction
- Intravitreal Corticosteroid Implants
- Iontophoresis / Phonophoresis
- Islet Transplantation
- Isolated Small Bowel Transplant and Small Bowel/Liver and Multivisceral Transplant
- Liver Transplant and Combined Liver-Kidney Transplant
- Lysis of Epidural Adhesions
- Mechanical Insufflation Exsufflation Device
- Microprocessor Controlled Prostheses for the Lower Limb
- Morphometric Based Testing
- Myoelectric Prosthetic Components for the Upper Limb
- Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in the Outpatient Setting
- Neuropsychological Testing for Medical Purposes
- Ophthalmologic Techniques That Evaluate the Posterior Eye Segment for Glaucoma
- Outpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Parenteral Home Infusion Therapy (Including Total Parenteral Nutrition)
- Pharmacogenomic and Metabolite Markers for Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Treated with Thiopurenes
- Preimplantation Genetic Testing
- Private Duty Nursing Services
- Prosthetics and Accessories
- Proteogenomic Testing for Patients With Cancer (GPS Cancer Test)
- Radium Ra223 Dichloride (Xofigo®)
- Recombinant and Autologous Platelet Derived Growth Factors as a Treatment of Wound Healing and Other Non-Orthopedic Conditions
- Romidepsin (Istodax®)
- Skin Contact Monochromatic Infrared Energy for Treatment of Cutaneous Ulcers
- Speech Generating Devices
- Stem-Cell Therapy for Peripheral Arterial Disease
- Subtalar Arthroereisis
- Telestroke
- Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction TMJ
- Thermal Capsulorrhaphy as a Treatment of Joint Instability
- Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation
- Trigger Point and Tender Point Injections
- Upper and Lower Limb Prosthetics (Other than Microprocessor and Myoelectric)
- Visual Field Testing
- Zoledronic Acid (Reclast®, Zometa®)
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