Re: Medicare and Explantation

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Hi Inez,

In 2000, Medicare paid for my explantation only...the Preoperative Diagnosis was: 1. Grade 3 bilateral capsule contracture of the breasts. 2. History of Silicone gel implants. 3. Grade 3 bilateral breast ptosis.

The Postoperative Diagnoses: 1. Grade 3 bilateral capsule contracture of the breasts. 2. History of Silicone gel implants. 3. Grade 3 bilateral breast ptosis. 4. ruptured Silicone gel implants with Silicone mastopathy.

Things may have changed by now and perhaps Medicare will pay for reconstruction...I don't know. Shirley

webgirl72168 <webgirl@...> wrote:

Has anyone gotten Medicare to pay for explanatation? If so, what asthe diagnosis that covered the surgery? Did it also coveringreconstruction without implants?Inez senRenton, WA 425-255-5543