When flexible bronchoscopy alone, or with endobronchial ultrasound, are considered inadequate to accomplish the diagnostic or interventional objective, electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy (ENB) may be considered medically necessary to:
establish a diagnosis of suspicious peripheral pulmonary lesion(s) or
place fiducial markers within lung tumor(s) prior to treatment.
Electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy is considered investigational for use with flexible bronchoscopy for the diagnosis of mediastinal lymph nodes as well as all other uses not covered above.
