Over-the-counter (OTC) Use your OTC benefit to get select items like pain relievers and first aid supplies. Mail order drugs See if your drugs can be delivered through mail order. It may save you time and money. Dental Oral exams, cleanings and X-rays. Some plans cover fillings, extrac...
Note: Aetna does not cover stock shoes that are put on over a partial foot or other lower extremity prosthesis. A prosthetic shoe is a device used when all or a substantial portion of the front part of the foot is missing. A prosthetic shoe can be considered as a terminal device; i.e...
Nonmedically necessary services or supplies; Orthotics; Over-the-counter medications and supplies; Reversal of sterilization; Services for the treatment of sexual dysfunction or inadequacies, including therapy, supplies, or counseling; and special duty nursing. Weight control services including surgical proc...
Female erectile devices such as the Eros clitoral stimulation device (UroMetrics, Inc., St. Paul, MN) are used to obtain greater clitoral engorgement, which increases lubrication, and enhances the ability to achieve an orgasm. However, more studies are needed to ascertain the medical necessity an...
If this drug is used during pregnancy, or if the patient becomes pregnant while taking this drug, the patient should be apprised of the potential hazard to the fetus. Didrex should not be used in combination with other anorectic agents, including prescribed drugs, over-the-counter preparations ...
Brand-name drugs may be available by prescription or over the counter. Broker Insurance brokers are also called agents. They are licensed by states as agents, brokers or insurance producers. Insurance brokers help a person or business buy an insurance plan. The insurance plan can be bought ...
The investigators concluded that the combination of behavioral mobile coaching with blood glucose data, lifestyle behaviors, and patient self-management data individually evaluated and presented with evidence-based guidelines to providers significantly decreased glycosylated hemoglobin levels over 1 year.Agarwal...
Aetna does not cover over-the-counter disposable ReliefBand devices, which are used for the treatment of motion sickness, because they do not meet Aetna’s definition of durable medical equipment. Table: CPT Codes / HCPCS Codes / ICD-10 Codes CPT codes not covered for indications listed in ...
Dressings over a Percutaneous Catheter or Tube Note:Under all plans, medically necessary dressings over a percutaneous catheter or tube (e.g., intravascular, epidural, nephrotomy, etc.) are covered as long as the catheter or tube remains in place and after removal until the wound heals. ...
At the same time, the chest or back is clapped (percussed) and vibrated to dislodge the mucus and help it move out of the airways. This process is repeated over different parts of the chest and back to loosen the mucus in different areas of each lung. This procedure has to be done ...