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CareFirst BCBS Medical Policy Updates – September 2022
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September 2022 CareFirst BCBS Medical Policy Updates:
- Air Fluidized Beds
- Ambulance Services
- ARCHIVED Casting and Splinting Supplies
- ARCHIVED Dehumidifier Humidifier
- ARCHIVED Idiopathic Environmental Intolerances
- ARCHIVED Lumbar Roll Cushion
- Autism Spectrum Disorders (Virginia Mandate)
- Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (AICD)
- Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Cervical Vertebral Disc Replacement
- Continuous Local Delivery of Anesthesia to Operative Sites Using an Elastomeric Infusion Pump
- Genetic Testing
- Genicular Nerve Block for Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis
- Habilitative Services (MD and DC Mandates)
- High Dose Chemotherapy Radiation Therapy with Allogeneic Stem Cell Support
- High Dose Chemotherapy Radiation Therapy with Autologous Stem Cell Support
- HIV Tropism Assay
- Human Organ Transplants
- In Vitro Chemotherapeutic Drug Assays
- Interspinous Vertebral Decompression Implantation for Spinal Stenosis
- Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring
- Intraosseous Basivertebral Nerve Ablation (Intracept)
- Islet Cell Transplantation
- Measurement of Antibodies to biological agents such as Infliximab and Adalimumab
- Microwave Tumor Ablation
- Minimally Invasive Intervertebral Disc Decompression Procedures Using Laser Energy (Laser Discectomy) or Radiofrequency Coblation (Nucleoplasty)
- Mobile Outpatient Cardiovascular Telemetry
- Multibiomarker Disease Activity Blood Test for Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Nonmyeloablative Allogeneic Hemopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Hematologic Malignancies
- Nutrient Nutritional Panel Testing
- Occupational Therapy
- Osteochondral Autografts and Allografts in the Treatment of Focal Articular Cartilage Lesions
- Percutaneous Vertebroplasty Kyphoplasty and Sacroplasty
- Physical Therapy
- Probiotics
- Professional Nutritional Counseling
- Proteomic Testing for Targeted Therapy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Proteomics-Based Testing for Evaluation of Ovarian Masses
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs
- Recreational Activity as Physical Therapy
- Seat Lift Mechanisms
- Serologic Metabolite Markers for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients Treated with Azathioprine
- Serum Antibody Marker Testing for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Serum Biomarker Panels for Assessment of Hepatic Fibrosis
- Serum Proteomic Pattern Analysis Testing for Screening or Diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer
- Speculoscopy for Cervical Cancer Screening
- Speech Therapy
- Surgical Assistants
- The 4Kscore Test for Cancer Risk Assessment of Prostate Cancer
- Tilt Table Test
- Tumor Markers
- Ventricular Assist Devices and Associated Services
- Vertebral Axial Decompression
- Vertebral Disc Replacement Lumbar Disc Prosthesis
- Work Hardening Programs
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