abcbab4d_asound_Bone_Growth_Stimulation__Status
[Date] 11/29/2007 [Action] MPTAC review. Clarified position statement for fresh fractures, revised high risk/comorbidities criteria. Aligned treatment of fracture nonunions with DME.00004 Electrical Bone Growth Stimulation. Addition of investigational/not medically necessary criteria for: a bone gap greater than one half the diameter of the bone at the point of nonunion; pathological fractures due to bone pathology or malignancy; and for stress fractures. Reformatted and updated Description, Rationale, Background, Definitions, and References. The phrase "investigational/not medically necessary" was clarified to read "investigational and not medically necessary." [Status] 
Revised
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DME.00027 Ultrasound Bone Growth Stimulation
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