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United Healthcare Medical Policy Updates – December 2018
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December 2018 Medical Policy Updates:
- Ablative Treatment for Spinal Pain
- Athletic Pubalgia Surgery
- Bariatric Surgery
- Botulinum Toxins A and
- Bronchial Thermoplasty
- Chemosensitivity and Chemoresistance Assays in Cancer
- Chromosome Microarray Testing
- Clinical Trials
- Computed Tomographic Colonography
- Computerized Dynamic Posturography
- Continuous Glucose Monitoring and Insulin Delivery for Managing Diabetes
- Core Decompression for Avascular Necrosis
- Corneal Hysteresis and Intraocular Pressure Measurement
- Cytological Examination of Breast Fluids for Cancer Screening
- Discogenic Pain Treatment
- Electrical Bioimpedence for Cardiac Output Measurement
- Embolization of the Ovarian and Iliac Veins for Pelvic Congestion Syndrome
- Enzyme Replacement Therapy
- Epidural Steroid and Facet Injections for Spinal Pain
- Epiduroscopy, Epidural Lysis of Adhesions and Functional Anesthetic Discography
- Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders, Diagnosis and Treatment
- Genetic Testing for Hereditary Cancer
- Habilitative Services for Essential Health Groups
- Hearing Aids and Devices Including Wearable, Bone-Anchored and Semi-Implantable
- High Frequency Chest Wall Compression Devices
- Home Traction Therapy
- Implanted Electrical Stimulator for Spinal Cord
- Intrauterine Fetal Surgery
- Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy
- Light and Laser Therapy for Cutaneous Lesions and Pilonidal Disease
- Lithotripsy for Salivary Stones
- Manipulation Under Anesthesia
- Minimally Invasive Procedures for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
- Motorized Spinal Traction
- Nerve Graft to Restore Erectile Function During Radical Prostatectomy
- New Version of the Knowledge Library (KL) Released
- Plagiocephaly and Craniosynstosis Treatment
- Platelet Derived Growth Factors for Treatment of Wounds
- Preterm Labor Management
- Prolotherapy For Musculoskeletal Indications
- Rehabilitation Services (Outpatient)
- Self-Administered Medications
- Sensory Integration Therapy and Auditory Integration Training
- Thermography
- Transcatheter Heart Valve Procedures
- Virtual Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
- Visual Information Processing Evaluation and Orthoptic and Vision Therapy
- Warming Therapy and Ultrasound Therapy for Wounds
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