Peripheral Vascular Rehabilitation Programs (CPB 0458, reviewed 2026-07-23)
Aetna considers medical supervision of peripheral vascular rehabilitation programs medically necessary for the treatment of persons with symptomatic peripheral artery disease (PAD), including intermittent claudication. Up to 36 sessions over a 12-week period are considered medically necessary when all of the listed supervised exercise therapy program components are met, and CPT 93668 is covered if the selection criteria are met. Medical supervision for persons with absolute contraindications to exercise and for all other indications is considered experimental, investigational, or unproven, and PADnet, the QuantaFlo System for PAD screening, and HyperView imaging are also considered experimental, investigational, or unproven or not covered for the listed indications.