I’ve been contacting researchers,surgeons, associations, and patients for months and providing up-to-date and accurate information on how to be reimbursed by insurance companies for liposuction for lipedema.
The question I get most often is, “How can I help? What specifically do you want me to do?” So here is the answer:
Below is an excerpt from the one-page PDF document.
| [Yes/No] | Have you seen the Website? |
| [Confirm] | Download the one-page reimbursement checklist. It’s concise; share it with anyone interested. |
| [Yes/No] | Have you downloaded the free reimbursement guidebook (Updated Apr 28 2020)? |
| Info | Remember that all the information is free to use and share. You can link to the website or post information to yours. Our goal is to make the information available. |
| [Email Me] | What are you top-three research papers that will help us fight the argument that liposuction for lipedema is investigational, experimental or unproven? |
| [Email Me] | 1) What is the best term for the liposuction for lipedema procedure? Tumescent Liposuction? Lymph-Sparing Liposuction? Fibro-Lympho-Lipo-Aspiration? Suction-Assisted Lipectomy is not adequate. |
| [Yes/No] | 2) Are you ok with the four international ICD-10 codes? (The include 3 stages and unspecified). |
| [Yes/No] | 3) Do you feel code I89.0 is acceptable for lipo-lymphedema? Should we request the term added be to the ICD-10-CM Index? |
| [Email Me] | Confirm who is the main contact in their association or organization for information. |
| Share Informa-tion | Help us educate doctors, patients, assocations, and insurance companies that liposuction for lipedema is reconstructive and medically necessary please post a link or article on your website to ours. You can copy and paste whatever you want. It is all free to use and share! Including the Reimbursement Guidebook. Most all documents are in WORD format so you can cut-and-paste. |