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Good news today! I went to my tricare office and spoke with them. They said tricare is covering lapbands now. I showed her some of my research that lb has it's own cpt code 43770 released Jan 06. She seemed to be really impressed that I had this info. Only problem, my pcm put in the referral for gastric bypass and to TALK about lap band! Now I have to have another referral for lap band and I will have them include the dr that will do the surgery that takes tricare!!! I hope this works. The tricare lady was absolutely great! She did say you have to stay on top of this. Let me know what you find out after you talk w/ them.

I too am frustrated w/ all the things that tricare will and willnot pay. They agree to pay for gb but not for lap..... Too me the lap would be less invasive to start with, you? I will make a phone call and talk with them, they are the ones I started with. They referred me to a physcian on the list and I went to the siminar. Very educational. The dr also said he had been dealing w/ tricare for over 3 years to get lap band covered. Don't you feel like we could do something to get the ball going?