Coverage Decisions for Medical Technologies & Procedures

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Coverage Decisions for Medical Technologies & Procedures

Autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI)

Coverage decision

L&I covers ACI for selected patients with prior authorization.

Autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) may treat patients with cartilaginous defects of the femoral condyle. The ACI process involves:

Obtaining healthy chondrocyte cells from a patient's knee.
Culturing the cells through a process termed Carticel.
Implanting the cultured chondrocytes back into the patient via a surgical procedure.

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