Cigna Medical Policy Updates – May 2021

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May 2021 Cigna Medical Policy Policy Updates:

• Ambulatory Electrocardiographic Monitoring
• Anti-Stockpiling Limits
• Bathroom and Toilet Equipment and Supplies
• Bone Growth Stimulators:  Electrical (Invasive, Noninvasive), Ultrasound
• Breast Reconstruction Following Mastectomy or Lumpectomy
• Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Measurement
• Complex Lymphedema Therapy
• COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma
• COVID-19: In Vitro Diagnostic Testing
• Emerging Surgical Procedures for Glaucoma
• External Counterpulsation
• Extracorporeal Photopheresis
• Flow Cytometry
• Hearing Aids
• Helicobacter Pylori Serology Testing
• Hyperbaric and Topical Oxygen Therapies
• Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD)
• Injectable Fillers
• Liver and Liver-Kidney Transplantation
• Malignant Melanoma Surveillance Technologies
• Negative Pressure Wound Therapy/Vacuum-Assisted Closure (VAC) for Nonhealing Wounds
• Nucleic Acid Pathogen Testing
• Omnibus Codes
• Plasma Brain Natriuretic Peptide in the Outpatient Setting
• Pressure Reducing Surfaces
• Scar Revision
• Strapping and Taping
• Treatment of Cutaneous and/or Deep Tissue Hemangioma, Port Wine Stain and Other Vascular Lesions
• Treatment of Gender Dysphoria
• Tumor In Vitro Chemosensitivity and Chemoresistance Assays
• Varicose Vein Treatments
• Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator and Automatic External Defibrillator
• Wheelchairs/Power Operated Vehicles

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