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I got a call from my surgeons office today who asked me to make a follow up appointment. I asked if everything was okay because I still needed to finish with the pulmonary doctor. She replied "you still want to have surgery don't you?" I said yes. But I thought that it still needed to be submitted to insurance. She told me that they had and authorization code. I am assuming that means I am approved. The surgeon needs me to come in and be "scoped". Which sound terrible.

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Sounds to me like you have been approved......my scope is Friday, does sound terrible, whatever it takes I guess! lol What insurance do you have? Sounds like it was a quick decision, how nice, I am still waiting 2 days now and counting!! Good luck..........

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I have BCBS. I wasn't even aware that anything had been sent to them. I guess that's a good thing because I would have been a wreck while I was waiting to hear back.

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Thanks Gemini, that seems so simple I feel a little foolish for not thinking of it!!

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I got a call from my surgeons office today who asked me to make a follow up appointment. I asked if everything was okay because I still needed to finish with the pulmonary doctor. She replied "you still want to have surgery don't you?" I said yes. But I thought that it still needed to be submitted to insurance. She told me that they had and authorization code. I am assuming that means I am approved. The surgeon needs me to come in and be "scoped". Which sound terrible.

Yup having an auth code means they have permission to bill insurance, so ur APPROVED...YAY!

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Scoping isn't bad at all. They just send a camera down your throat to make sure you don't have excessive acid erosion that could cause problems after surgery. It's actually a good sign that they are taking that precaution. Many Docs don't.

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Thanks Gemini, that seems so simple I feel a little foolish for not thinking of it!!

No worries. I just prefer to hear it from the horses mouth or see it in writing.

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Ok so here is the latest. I checked the mail after picking my son up from school. There was a letter from BCBS saying that not all the criteria had been met. I was all confused. After several phone calls, it was revealed that I was approved last Friday, and this letter was sent out before the surgeons office sent everything else they wanted. This was straight from the insurance company!!!!! I'm APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Woohoo! Congrats! That's so exciting. I know when I got approved in October I was shaking I was so thrilled.

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Woohoo! Congrats! That's so exciting. I know when I got approved in October I was shaking I was so thrilled.

I started calling everyone who knew I was going through this!!

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