Regence BCBS Medical Policy Updates – February 2019

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February 2019 Medical Policy Updates:

• Absorbable Nasal Implant for Treatment of Nasal Valve Collapse
• Actigraphy
• Analysis of Proteomic and Metabolomic Patterns for Early Detection of Cancer
• Apolipoprotein E for Risk Assessment and Management of Cardiovascular Disease
• Assays of Genetic Expression in Tumor Tissue as a Technique to Determine Prognosis In Patients With Breast Cancer
• Autologous Blood-Derived Growth Factors as a Treatment for Wound Healing and Other Miscellaneous Conditions
• Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation for Focal Articular Cartilage Lesions
• Automated Point-of-Care Nerve Conduction Studies
• Behavioral Table of Contents
• Biofeedback
• Cell Therapy for Peripheral Arterial Disease
• Charged-Particle (Proton) Radiotherapy
• Chromosomal Microarray Analysis (CMA) for the Genetic Evaluation of Patients with Developmental Delay/Intellectual Disability, Autism Spectrum Disorder, or Congenital Anomalies
• Computed Tomography to Detect Coronary Artery Calcification
• Cranial Electrostimulation Therapy (CES)
• Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
• DNA-Based Testing for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
• Durable Medical Equipment Table of Contents
• Eating Disorder Inpatient Treatment
• Eating Disorder Intensive Outpatient
• Eating Disorder Partial Hospitalization
• Eating Disorder Residential Treatment
• Femoroacetabular Impingement Surgery
• Functional Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation
• Galvanic Stimulation
• Gene Expression Testing to Predict Coronary Artery Disease
• Genetic and Molecular Diagnostic Testing
• Genetic Testing for Familial Hypercholeste
• Genetic Testing for Hereditary Breast and/or Ovarian Cancer
• Genetic Testing for Inherited Susceptibility to Colon Cancer
• Genetic Testing for Statin-Induced Myopathy
• H-wave Stimulation
• Ingestible pH and Pressure Capsule
• Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) for Central Nervous System (CNS) Tumors and Vertebral Tumors
• Intraocular Radiation Therapy for Age-Related Macular Degeneration
• KRAS, NRAS, and BRAF Variant Analysis in Colorectal Cancer
• Laboratory and Genetic Testing for Use of 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) in Patients with Cancer
• Laboratory Table of Contents
• Left-Atrial Appendage Closure Devices for Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation
• Microcurrent Stimulation (MENS)
• Orthognathic Surgery
• Pelvic Floor Stimulation as a Treatment of Urinary and Fecal Incontinence
• Progenitor Cell Therapy for the Treatment of Damaged Myocardium Due to Ischemia
• Psychiatric Inpatient Hospitalization
• Psychiatric Intensive Outpatient
• Psychiatric Partial Hospitalization
• Psychiatric Residential Treatment
• Pulsed Radiofrequency for Chronic Spinal Pain
• Radioembolization for Primary and Metastatic Tumors of the Liver
• Radiofrequency Ablation of Tumors (RFA)
• Sacral Nerve Neuromodulation/Stimulation for Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
• Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block for Headache and Pain
• Spinal Cord Stimulation
• Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
• Surgeries for Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
• Thermography
• Threshold Electrical Stimulation as a Treatment of Motor Disorders
• Transanal Radiofrequency Treatment of Fecal Incontinence

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