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Old 05-11-2009, 11:56 AM
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Aetna's Clinical Policy Bulletin #0591 outlines the FDA approved lumbar and cervical disc replacement as medically necessary (after 6 weeks of conservative therapies) for a single level only. The CPB was updated 3/10/09.

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04/06 L5/S1 Rupture
05/06 MRI shows DDD @ L2-S1
06/06 Diskectomy/ Laminotomy L5/S1
04/07 Recurrent Disc L5/S1
4 Ortho and 1 Neuro Surgeon, 5 MRIs, 1 EGM, 1 Myleogram & 11 EDIs later:
03/27/09 L4/5 & L5/S1 Maverick disc at Stenum
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