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Advisor APS ordering criteria
Melanoma removed
Meniere’s disease
2 yr.
Meningitis (full recovery)
2 yr.
Mitral valve prolapse
Mole (benign) removed
6 months
Multiple sclerosis (in remission)
n/i
Muscular dystrophy
n/i
Nephritis/nephrosis
Neuritis, neuralgia, sciatica
Optic neuritis, loss of vision (non-traumatic)
n/i
Pacemaker
Pancreatitis/inflamed pancreas
5 yr.
Parkinson’s disease
n/i
Pericarditis/endocarditis/myocarditis
2 yr.
Pituitary disorder/mass
Poliomyelitis (full recovery)
Polycythemia
n/i
Polyps colon removed
2 yr.
Prostate enlarged
2 yr.
Prostatitis
1 yr.
Protein in urine/proteinuria
2 yr.
Psa elevated
Pulmonary embolism
2 yr.
Pulmonary fibrosis
n/i
Rapid heart beat/tachycardia
1 yr.
Rheumatoid arthritis (limited to hands & feet)
Rheumatoid arthritis (multiple or larger joints)
Sarcoidosis
5 yr.
Schizophrenia
n/i
Scleroderma
n/i
Seizures
Skin cancer
2 yr.
Sleep apnea
Sleep study
1 yr.
2 yr.
Spleen disorder
Stomach ulcer
Stroke/transient ischemic attack
n/i
Thallium scan
Thyroid cyst/lump/goitre
2 yr.
Tremor
Tuberculosis (treated/recovered)
2 yr.
Ulcerative colitis
5 yr.
Valvular heart surgery