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Blue Shield California February 2018 Medical Policy Updates
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February 2018 Medical Policy Updates:
- Ambulatory Event Monitors and Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry
- Amniotic Membrane and Amniotic Fluid
- Artificial Pancreas Device Systems
- Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation for Focal Articular Cartilage Lesions
- Balloon Ostial Dilation for Treatment of Chronic Rhinosinusitis
- Beta-Amyloid Imaging with Positron Emission Tomography for Alzheimer Disease
- Bioengineered Skin and Soft Tissue Substitutes
- Bone Turnover Markers for the Diagnosis and Management of Osteoporosis and Diseases Associated With High Bone Turnover
- Brachytherapy for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer Using Permanently Implanted Seeds
- Cardiovascular Risk Panels
- Cerebrospinal Fluid and Urinary Biomarkers of Alzheimer Disease
- Charged-Particle (Proton or Helium Ion) Radiotherapy for Neoplastic Conditions
- Chemical Peels
- Continuous or Intermittent Monitoring of Glucose in Interstitial Fluid
- Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography with Selective Noninvasive Fractional Flow Reserve
- Cytochrome p450 Genotyping
- Dermatologic Applications of Photodynamic Therapy
- Digital Breast Tomosynthesis
- Drug Testing in Pain Management and Substance Abuse Treatment
- Elective Revascularization Utilizing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Non-Acute, Stable Coronary Artery Disease
- Endobronchial Brachytherapy
- Fecal Analysis in the Diagnosis of Intestinal Dysbiosis
- General Approach to Evaluating the Utility of Genetic Panels
- General Approach to Genetic Testing
- Genetic Cancer Susceptibility Panels Using Next-Generation Sequencing
- Genetic Testing for Alpha Thalassemia
- Genetic Testing for Dilated Cardiomyopathy
- Genetic Testing for Fanconi Anemia
- Genetic Testing for Predisposition to Inherited Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Primary Amyloidosis
- Homocysteine Testing in the Screening, Diagnosis, and Management of Cardiovascular Disease and Venous Thromboembolic Disease
- Hysterectomy Surgery for Benign Conditions
- Identification of Microorganisms Using Nucleic Acid Probes
- Immune Cell Function Assay
- Injectable Clostridial Collagenase for Fibroproliferative Disorders
- Interferential Current Stimulation
- Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring
- Intraoperative Radiotherapy
- Laboratory and Genetic Testing for Use of 5-Fluorouracil in Patients with Cancer
- Laboratory Testing for HIV Tropism
- Laser Treatment of Onychomycosis
- Light Therapy for Psoriasis
- Light Therapy for Vitiligo
- Lipid Apheresis
- Lumbar Spine Surgery
- Measurement of Lipoprotein-Associated Phospholipase A2 in the Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk
- Moderate Penetrance Variants Associated with Breast Cancer in Individuals at High Breast Cancer Risk
- Multimarker Serum Testing Related to Ovarian Cancer
- Nerve Fiber Density Measurement
- Nonpharmacologic Treatment of Rosacea
- Nutrient/Nutritional Panel Testing
- Pharmacogenomic and Metabolite Markers for Patients Treated with Thiopurines
- Quantitative Assay for Measurement of HER2 Total Protein Expression and HER2 Dimers
- Radiofrequency Ablation of Miscellaneous Solid Tumors Excluding Liver Tumors
- Serum Biomarker Human Epididymis Protein 4
- Synthetic Cartilage Implants for Joint Pain
- Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction
- Testing Serum Vitamin D Levels
- Transesophageal Endoscopic Therapies for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
- Treatment of Varicose Veins/Venous Insufficiency
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