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AetnaAll Plans · Coverage · Medical Policy · Cardiology, General PracticeMedium impact

Acoustic Heart Sound Recording and Computer Analysis (CPB 0692, reviewed 2025-10-16)

Effective date
Not stated in the notice
Identified
Aug 12, 2026

Summary

Aetna considers acoustic heart sound recording, computer analysis and interpretation experimental, investigational, or unproven because its effectiveness has not been established. The same status applies to auscultation jacket, ballistocardiography, optical vibrocardiography, phonocardiography, vectorcardiography, and the SENSORA AI Heart Disease Detection Platform for detecting cardiac dysfunction such as atrial fibrillation, cardiac murmurs, reduced ejection fraction, and valvular heart disease. CPT 0716T and 0962T and HCPCS S3902 are listed as not covered for the indications in the policy. The policy also lists ICD-10 codes such as I00 through I99.9 and R01.0 through R01.2 as not covered for the indications listed in the policy.

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What to do

Action · 3 steps
01Billing team: do not bill CPT 0716T, CPT 0962T, or HCPCS S3902 for the indications listed in the policy, because the policy lists them as not covered.
02Do not bill the ICD-10 codes listed as not covered, such as I00 through I99.9 and R01.0 through R01.2, for the indications listed in the policy.
03Do not bill acoustic heart sound recording with computer analysis, the auscultation jacket, ballistocardiography, optical vibrocardiography, phonocardiography, vectorcardiography, or the SENSORA AI Heart Disease Detection Platform for these indications, because the policy considers them experimental, investigational, or unproven.

Codes mentioned

S3902I00I99.9R00.8R00.9R01.0R01.2R09.89R09.A0R09.A1R09.A2R09.A9R93.1R93.811R93.89R94.30R94.39Z13.6

Original notice

Acoustic Heart Sound Recording and Computer Analysis (CPB 0692, reviewed 2025-10-16)
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