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Biofeedback
AETNA-CPB-0132
Aetna
Effective: March 24, 2023
Updated: December 6, 2025
created · Dec 2, 2025
Policy Summary
Aetna covers biofeedback for cancer pain, fecal incontinence, irritable bowel syndrome, levator ani (anorectal pain) syndrome, and chronic constipation due to dyssynergic defecation (the latter requires confirmation by anorectal manometry). Biofeedback is not medically necessary for improving emotional/physical health in non-diseased persons, and home biofeedback, EEG biofeedback for migraine, and numerous other indications/devices are considered experimental/investigational and not covered.
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"Cancer pain"
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