Aetna Medical Policy Updates – July 2018

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July 2018 Aetna Medical Policy Updates:

• Alopecia Areata
• Amnioinfusion
• Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
• Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation
• Autonomic Testing / Sudomotor Tests
• Bone and Tendon Graft Substitutes and Adjuncts
• BRCA Testing, Prophylactic Mastectomy, and Prophylactic Oophorectomy
• Calcitriol and Paricalcitol Injections
• Carbon Dioxide Laser for Actinic Lesions and Other Selected Indications
• Cardiac CT, Coronary CT Angiography and Calcium Scoring
• Cardiovascular Disease Risk Tests
• Cervical Cancer Screening and Diagnosis
• Chlamydia Trachomatis – Screening and Diagnosis – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Clotting Factors
• Coblation
• Comparative Genomic Hybridization (CGH)
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) / Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD)
• Computerized Motion Diagnostic Imaging – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Coronary Artery Brachytherapy and Other Adjuncts to Coronary Interventions
• Dry Eyes
• Endoscopic Ultrasonography
• Erythropoiesis Stimulating Agents
• Fetal Surgery In Utero
• Foot Orthotics
• Genetic Testing
• Graves’ Ophthalmopathy Treatments
• Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Selected Childhood Solid Tumors
• Hematopoietic Colony-Stimulating Factors (CSFs)
• Buprenorphine Implant (Probuphine) and Extended-Release Injectable (Sublocade)
• Hyperhydrosis
• Indocyanine Green Angiography
• Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Devices
• Interstitial Laser Therapy
• Ipilimumab (Yervoy)
• Kidney Transplantation
• Liver and Other Neoplasms – Treatment Approaches
• Lysosomal Storage Disorders Treatments
• Mifepristone (RU 486)
• Migraine and Cluster Headache: Nonsurgical Management
• Nerve Conduction Studies
• Nivolumab (Opdivo)
• Nocturnal Enuresis Treatments
• Nutritional Support
• Obsolete and Unreliable Tests and Procedures
• Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults
• Optical Coherence Tomography/Microelastography in Breast Cancer
• Parenteral Immunoglobulins
• Pharmacogenetic and Pharmacodynamic Testing
• Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
• Radiofrequency Tumor Ablation
• Respiratory Devices: Incentive Spirometers, Vaporizers and Intermittent Positive Pressure Breathing Machines
• Rituximab (Rituxan)
• Serum and Urine Marker Screening for Down Syndrome
• Skilled Home Private Duty Nursing Care
• Therabite Jaw Motion Rehabilitation Systems – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Total Body Plethysmography
• Tourette’s Syndrome
• Tumor Markers
• Varicocele: Selected Treatments – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Vestibular Autorotation Test (VAT)
• Viscocanalostomy and Canaloplasty
• Viscosupplementation
• Vitiligo

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