Regence BCBS Medical Policy Updates – November 2022

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November 2022 Regence BCBS Medical Policy Updates:

• Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation for Focal Articular Cartilage Lesions
• Automated Percutaneous and Percutaneous Endoscopic Discectomy
• BRAF Genetic Testing To Select Melanoma or Glioma Patients for Targeted Therapy
• Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy
• Decompression of Intervertebral Discs Using Laser Energy (Laser Discectomy) or Radiofrequency Energy (Nucleoplasty)
• Donor Lymphocyte Infusion for Malignancies Treated with an Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant
• Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetic and Orthotic Replacements, Duplicates, Repairs, and Upgrades to Existing Equipment
• Eating Disorder Inpatient Treatment
• Eating Disorder Intensive Outpatient
• Eating Disorder Partial Hospitalization
• Eating Disorder Residential Treatment
• Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) for the Treatment of Cardiac and Respiratory Failure in Adults
• Genetic Testing for Rett Syndrome
• Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for CNS Embryonal Tumors and Ependymoma
• Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
• Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Solid Tumors of Childhood
• Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in the Treatment of Germ-Cell Tumors
• Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation
• Magnetic Resonance (MR) Guided Focused Ultrasound  (MRgFUS) and High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) Ablation
• Management of Heart Failure in Adults
• Molecular Testing in the Management of Pulmonary Nodules
• Genetic Testing for Neurofibromatosis Type 1 or 2
• Skin Lesion Imaging and Spectroscopy
• Percutaneous Neuromodulation Therapy (PNT)
• Power Wheelchairs: Group 3
• Powered Exoskeleton for Ambulation
• Psychiatric Inpatient Hospitalization
• Psychiatric Intensive Outpatient
• Psychiatric Partial Hospitalization
• Psychiatric Residential Treatment
• Reduction Mammaplasty
• Surgical Site of Service – Hospital Outpatient
• Surgical Ventricular Restoration
• Whole Body CT Screening
• Whole Body Dual X-Ray Absorptiometry (DXA) to Determine Body Composition

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