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Will Insurance Cover Muscle Repair/Tummy Tuck if Pain and Health Issues Involved?

2 Doctor Answers | Asked by lesIndiana in Glen Ellyn, IL
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Insurance coverage of procedures

The only way I can see an abdominoplasty being covered by health insurance is if the the skin that would otherwise be discarded is used to reconstruct the perineal/genital area. My response to your question/post does not represent formal medical advice or constitute a doctor patient relationship. You need to consult with i.e. personally see a board certified plastic surgeon in order to receive a formal evaluation and develop a doctor patient relationship.
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Insurance doesn't cover tummy tucks

You don't specify what "health issues" you mean but I can't imagine what they would be that would make an insurance company cover a tummy tuck as "medically necessary." Fixing a hernia and removing a pannus can be covered sometimes. But a rectus diastasis is not a hernia and loose skin in the lower abdomen is not a pannus. Please visit a plastic surgeon, describe the problem and see what they say.
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