Regence BCBS Medical Policy Updates – August 2018

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August 2018 Medical Policy Updates:

• Analysis of Human DNA in Stool Samples as a Technique for Colorectal Cancer Screening
• Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation for Focal Articular Cartilage Lesions
• Automated Percutaneous and Percutaneous Endoscopic Discectomy
• Circulating Tumor DNA and Circulating Tumor Cells for Management (Liquid Biopsy) of Solid Tumor Cancers
• Confocal Laser Endomic
• Decompression of Intervertebral Discs Using Laser Energy (Laser Discectomy) or Radiofrequency Energy (Nucleoplasty)
• Dental and Orthodontic Treatment for Craniofacial Anomalies
• Detection of Circulating Tumor Cells in the Management of Patients with Cancer
• Durable Medical Equipment Upgrades, Replacements and Duplicates
• Evaluating the Utility of Genetic Panels
• Implantable Bone Conduction and Bone-Anchored Hearing Aids
• Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) for Head and Neck Cancers and Thyroid Cancer
• Laboratory Table of Contents
• Magnetic Resonance (MR) Guided Focused Ultrasound  (MRgFUS) and High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) Ablation
• Management of Chronic Noncancer Pain with Opioids in Adults
• Nerve Graft with Radical Prostatectomy
• Pancreas Transplant
• Percutaneous Neuromodulation Therapy (PNT)
• Radioembolization for Primary and Metastatic Tumors of the Liver
• Reduction Mammaplasty
• Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
• Total Facet Arthroplasty
• Whole Body CT Screening
• Whole Body Dual X-Ray Absorptiometry (DXA) to Determine Body Composition

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