Search by CPT code Use our tool to check if we require precertification. You can also learn if there's a special program. Number of codes to search? Precertification Medical preferred drugs When is precertification required? Precertification applies to all benefit plans that have a pre...
Aetna considers secukinumab gene therapy experimental, investigational, or unproven because its effectiveness has not been established. Table: CPT Codes / HCPCS Codes / ICD-10 Codes Other CPT codes related to the CPB: Information in the [brackets] below has been added for clarification purposes. ...
Appearance of the mucosa on endoscopy, computed tomography enterography (CTE), magnetic resonance enterography (MRE), or intestinal ultrasound;or Improvement on a disease activity scoring tool (e.g., Ulcerative Colitis Endoscopic Index of Severity [UCEIS], Mayo score); Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (Av...
The authors concluded that the findings in this study showed that this ELISPOT-assay modified to be feasible in clinical routine laboratories is not useful as a supplementary diagnostic tool in the laboratory diagnosis of patients with clinically suspected LNB. Jin et al (2013) noted that Lyme Bor...
Brennan and Whittle (2008) stated that continuous infusion of intrathecal baclofen (ITB) via a subcutaneously implanted pump has developed over the past 2 decades as a powerful tool in the management of spasticity in various adult and pediatric neurological conditions. Acting more focally on spinal...
(last search October 2020). Quality assessment and risk of bias were evaluated using the Downs and Black scale and the Cochrane tool. Data were pooled and a meta-analysis was conducted for sound pressure levels, perceptual intelligibility and inflection of voice fundamental frequency. They selected...
including immune cells associated with PCa. The Test works by combining PSA score with 5 epigenetic biomarkers (DAPK1, HSD3B2, SRD5A3, MMP1, and miRNA98). In a recent study of the PSE test (Pchejetski et al, 2023), the tool was shown to improve the predictive accuracy of a standard...
CPT codes not covered for indications listed in the CPB: Low level infrared light (infrared therapy, Anodyne Therapy system) or photo-hyphenbiomodulation using infrared light-hyphenemitting diode-hyphen no specific code 97026 Application of a modality to one or more areas; infrared HCPCS codes not...
O'Toole SA, Sheppard BL, McGuinness EP, et al. The MTS assay as an indicator of chemosensitivity/resistance in malignant gynaecological tumours. Cancer Detect Prev. 2003;27(1):47-54. Parker RJ, Fruehauf JP, Mehta R, et al. A prospective blinded study of the predictive value of an extre...
Secondary measures included the International Hip Outcome Tool (iHOT-33), Global Rating of Change (GRC), and return to work at 2 years. The primary analysis was on patients within their original randomization group. Statistically significant improvements were seen in both groups on the HOS and ...