Insurance Coverage for Correcting Deviated Septum and Crooked Nose?

Generally, insurance will cover the functional portion of your surgery as long as your condition and the degree of nasal obstruction, and alternatives to surgery have been well documented by your surgeon. The insurance company may even elect to cover the nasal fracture portion of your procedure. If the fracture is old, it will likely be treated as a cosmetic condition and coverage is very unlikely. There are still advantages to having your nose fixed the way you want it if you are considering undergoing functional repair for breathing. First, it is one surgery and often times the septal cartilage that is being repaired can also be used to treat some of the cosmetic deficiencies of the nose.
Second, although your insurance will not cover the cosmetic portion of the nose, they will cover a great deal of the surgical center fees and the cost of the anesthesiologist. This will help to bring down the cost of having your nose fixed without any insurance coverage by a significant amount.
In terms of getting back to your work outs, I suggest being patient. Once you have committed the time, energy, and expense to having your nose fixed, you should be careful to enable the healing process to take place flawlessly. I advise against significant physical activity for about three weeks (although this will also depend on the degree of work performed on the nose) and then a gradual increase in exercise level for the next couple of weeks.

deviated septums, especially if you have any breathing difficulty, can often be covered by insurance as part of a septoplasty. If you had prior nasal trauma with no treatment and have deviation of the nasal bones, that is possible to get covered as well, though it depends on the insurance.

As far as activity goes, if your bones are broken to straighten them, I would suggest you wait at least 2 weeks before you consider getting back on a stationary bike for light exercise that does not raise your blood pressure, and 4-6 weeks before you are out playing more active sports.
-David Mattos, Harvard-trained plastic surgeon

If you have a deviated nasal septum and a crooked nasal appearance, the expertise of your surgeon may be one of the most important factors for achieving a desired result. Consider consulting with several rhinoplasty specialists near you, so you could see what might be best. Thank you. Dr Joseph