Question regarding shaped covers
Karl Entenmann
Description
Collection
Title:
Question regarding shaped covers
Creator:
Karl Entenmann
Date:
5/21/2007
Text:
Hello Esteemed colleagues,
I have been asked by an insurance company to provide a medical justification for a shaped cover on a leg prosthesis. I explained that it truly was not medically necessary but was a part of the finished prosthesis and that my patient did not want to be seen with a leg that looked like a plumbing pipe (not my description). I was told that unless I had a medical' justification, it would not be a covered item. Help!!! Any suggestions for medical necessity of a shaped cover? Thanks to all.
Karl Entenmann, CPO
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I have been asked by an insurance company to provide a medical justification for a shaped cover on a leg prosthesis. I explained that it truly was not medically necessary but was a part of the finished prosthesis and that my patient did not want to be seen with a leg that looked like a plumbing pipe (not my description). I was told that unless I had a medical' justification, it would not be a covered item. Help!!! Any suggestions for medical necessity of a shaped cover? Thanks to all.
Karl Entenmann, CPO
Preferred O and P
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To unsubscribe, send a message to: <Email Address Redacted> with
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questions, send e-mail to the moderator
Paul E. Prusakowski,CPO at <Email Address Redacted>
OANDP-L is a forum for the discussion of topics
related to Orthotics and Prosthetics.
Public commercial postings are forbidden. Responses to inquiries
should not be sent to the entire oandp-l list. Professional credentials
or affiliations should be used in all communications.
Citation
Karl Entenmann, “Question regarding shaped covers,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 25, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/228253.
