Covering Lipedema
The Blog of Coverlipedema.com
New Policies, but New Challenges. Fall 2021 Update
An Active Summer We are validated by the continuing success of our Coverage, Network, and Appeal Processes combined with insurance-friendly board-certified plastic surgeons to get full and fair coverage of lipedema surgery by insurance. We have helped dozens of women...
Reimbursement of Lipedema Consultations
Three years ago, lipedema insurance surgery coverage in the United States was almost impossible. Now with some patience, knowledge, and assistance from Coverlipedema.com, everyone can get their surgeries fully covered in just a few months. Coverlipedema.com has helped...
Summer Lipedema Surgery Coverage Update (July 2021)
(For those of you who missed our Summer Update last month and for those of you who are not on our mailing list, we are posting it here in our blog.) The past few months have been very active for lipedema insurance coverage. We have now helped over one hundred sixty...
May 2021 Lipedema Coverage Update
Progress for Lipedema Surgery Coverage We have made significant progress during the past few months. Over 60 more women have been fully covered by various insurers, bringing our total to almost 120. We have successfully convinced the second-largest Blue Cross Blue...
Tips for Reviewing Your Plan
We recommend that everyone starting the lipedema insurance process get a copy of their full copy of their insurance plan. If you have traditional Medicare, Tricare and some state Medicaid plans, there‘s no plan document. However, these plans do not specifically...
Documenting Conservative Measures
Conservative measures to treat lipedema include diets, medical weight loss, exercise,compression, manual lymphatic drainage (MLD), pool therapy, Flexitouch, lymphaticpumps, and vibration plates. If you want to have your surgery covered, it is essential todocument at...
Lipedema Billing Basics
ICD-10 Codes: This the International Classification of Disease (ICD) and is mostly used for data collection purposes. It does not have an impact on coverage or payment. In Europe, the updated ICD-11 has a Lipedema (EF02.2) and Lipo-lymphoedema (BD93.1Y)...