Aetna November 2017 Medical Policy Updates

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November 2017

Updated:

November 16, 2017 – 0662 – Antiprothrombin Antibody Testing
November 16, 2017 – 0664 – Signal-Averaged Electrocardiography (SAECG)
November 16, 2017 – 0667 – Esophageal and Airway pH Monitoring
November 16, 2017 – 0668 – Auditory Processing Disorder (APD)
November 16, 2017 – 0669 – Subtalar Implant for Foot Deformity
November 16, 2017 – 0671 – Enfuvirtide (Fuzeon)
November 16, 2017 – 0674 – Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
November 16, 2017 – 0679 – Levator Syndrome Treatments
November 16, 2017 – 0680 – Electrical Stimulation for Chronic Ulcers
November 16, 2017 – 0681 – Corneal Pachymetry
November 16, 2017 – 0754 – Uterine Nerve Ablation (UNA) and Presacral Neurectomy (PSN)
November 16, 2017 – 0755 – Motor Cortex Stimulation
November 15, 2017 – 0623 – Safety Items
November 15, 2017 – 0626 – Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Thalassemia Major and Sickle Cell Anemia
November 15, 2017 – 0629 – Bunionectomy
November 15, 2017 – 0633 – Benign Skin Lesion Removal
November 15, 2017 – 0634 – Non-myeloablative Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (Mini-Allograft / Reduced Intensity Conditioning Transplant)
November 15, 2017 – 0635 – Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Ovarian Cancer
November 15, 2017 – 0639 – Autotransfusers
November 15, 2017 – 0640 – Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Selected Leukemias
November 15, 2017 – 0642 – Neuralgia Inducing Cavitational Osteonecrosis (NICO) and Ultrasonograph Bone Densitometer to Detect NICO
November 15, 2017 – 0643 – Diagnosis of Vaginitis
November 15, 2017 – 0644 – Smallpox Vaccine
November 15, 2017 – 0645 – Total Ankle Arthroplasty
November 15, 2017 – 0647 – Histamine Desensitization Therapy for Intractable Headaches
November 15, 2017 – 0653 – Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis Vaccines
November 15, 2017 – 0656 – Photodynamic Therapy for Acne
November 10, 2017 – 0556 – Bio-Surgery: Medicinal Leech Therapy and Medical Maggots
November 10, 2017 – 0558 – Percutaneous Transluminal Septal Myocardial Ablation (PTSMA)
November 10, 2017 – 0563 – Retinopathy Telescreening Systems
November 10, 2017 – 0564 – Electrocochleogram and Perilymphatic Pressure Measurement
November 10, 2017 – 0565 – Ankle Orthoses, Ankle-Foot Orthoses (AFOs), and Knee-Ankle-Foot Orthoses (KAFOs)
November 10, 2017 – 0566 – Strabismus Repair
November 10, 2017 – 0576 – Laminoplasty
November 10, 2017 – 0580 – Low Vision Programs
November 10, 2017 – 0581 – Lung Imaging Fluorescence Endoscopy (LIFE)
November 10, 2017 – 0582 – Titanium Rib
November 10, 2017 – 0586 – Heart Transplantation
November 10, 2017 – 0587 – Pancreas Kidney Transplantation
November 10, 2017 – 0590 – Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy
November 10, 2017 – 0598 – Lung Transplantation
November 10, 2017 – 0601 – Pancreas Transplantation Alone (PTA) and Islet Cell Transplantation
November 10, 2017 – 0603 – Total-Body CT Screening
November 10, 2017 – 0605 – Intestinal Transplantation
November 10, 2017 – 0609 – Laser Photocoagulation of Drusen
November 10, 2017 – 0613 – Stereolithography
November 10, 2017 – 0616 – Gastrointestinal Manometry
November 10, 2017 – 0617 – Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Testicular Cancer
November 10, 2017 – 0619 – Eye Prosthesis
November 10, 2017 – 0620 – Facial Prostheses, External

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