Aetna Medical Policy Updates – July 2019

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July 2019 Aetna Medical Policy Updates:

• Adalimumab (Humira)
• Alopecia Areata
• Amnioinfusion
• Androgens and Anabolic Steroids
• Atezolizumab (Tecentriq)
• Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
• Belimumab (Benlysta)
• Benralizumab (Fasenra) – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Bevacizumab (Avastin) for Non-Ocular Indications
• Bone and Tendon Graft Substitutes and Adjuncts
• Bone-Anchored Hearing Aids – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Breast Transillumination, Electrical Impedance Scanning (EIS), and Elastography
• Brentuximab (Adcetris)
• Caplacizumab-yhdp (Cablivi) – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Carbon Dioxide Laser for Actinic Lesions and Other Selected Indications
• Cardioverter-Defibrillators
• Cataract Removal Surgery
• Certolizumab Pegol (Cimzia)
• Cervical Cancer Screening and Diagnosis
• Clotting Factors
• Coblation
• Color-Flow Doppler Echocardiography in Adults
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) / Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD)
• Compression Garments for the Legs
• Cranial Remodeling
• Crit-Line In-Line Monitor – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Dendritic Cell Immunotherapy – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Diagnosis of Vaginitis
• Electroconvulsive Therapy
• Endoscopic Ultrasonography
• Endovascular Repair of Aortic Aneurysms
• Ernest or Eagle’s Syndrome (Stylomandibular Ligament Pain): Treatment with Radiofrequency Thermoneurolysis
• Esketamine (Spravato) – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Ethanol Injection for Thyroid Lesions
• Fetal Surgery In Utero
• Fluidized Therapy (Fluidotherapy) – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Fluocinolone Acetonide Intra-vitreal Implant (Retisert and Iluvien)
• Gastrointestinal Function: Selected Tests – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Glaucoma Surgery
• Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Analogs and Antagonists
• Growth Hormone (GH) and Growth Hormone Antagonists
• Hepatitis B Vaccine
• Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)
• Hyperhydrosis
• Indocyanine Green Angiography
• Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy
• Intraoperative Electromyographic Monitoring
• Kidney Transplantation
• Knee Ligament Arthrometer Testing – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Lower Limb Prostheses
• Lung Cancer Screening – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Macular/Foveal Translocation – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography
• Magnetic Resonance Neurography – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Mechanical Stretching Devices for Contracture and Joint Stiffness – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Metabolic and Environmental Profiling and Imaging for Kidney Stone Risk
• Migraine and Cluster Headache: Nonsurgical Management
• Myoelectric Upper Limb Prostheses – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Myringotomy and Tympanostomy Tube
• Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction: Treatments
• Natalizumab (Tysabri)
• Nerve Conduction Studies
• Nerve Grafting: Selected Indications
• NeuroControl Freehand System
• Noncontact Normothermic/Nonthermal Wound Therapy
• Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
• Obsolete and Unreliable Tests and Procedures
• Ofatumumab (Arzerra)
• Oprelvekin (Neumega)
• Optic Nerve Decompression Surgery
• Pembrolizumab (Keytruda)
• Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair
• Polio Vaccine
• Radiofrequency Tumor Ablation
• Safety Items
• Selected Aortic Valve Procedures: Ross Pulmonary Autograft and Aortic Valve-Sparing Re-implantation – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Selective Peripheral Denervation (Bertrand Procedure) for Spasmodic Torticollis – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna
• Serum and Urine Marker Screening for Down Syndrome
• Spinal Surgery: Laminectomy and Fusion
• Stereotactic Radiosurgery
• Thoracic Electrical Bioimpedance for Cardiac Output Monitoring
• Tinnitus Treatments
• Tourette’s Syndrome
• Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Cranial Electrical Stimulation
• Tubal Sterilization
• Tuberculosis Testing
• Viscocanalostomy and Canaloplasty
• Vitiligo
• Vitrectomy – Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins | Aetna

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