How long did it take your surgeons office to submit to insurance???

[raspberrylime 62]

A week after they submitted to insurance and it's still "pending" [emoji17]

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[TheLosingGame 10]

mine was submitted two monday’s ago, i got approved the following monday, then had the surgery thursday. i thought they were cutting it close but the team at the hospital was so thorough. try not to stress over things that are out of your control!

[raspberrylime 62]

I kept calling my surgeons office last week for updates and they continued to give me the same excuse that my case is still "pending"... BUT after calling Blue Cross on Friday they explained that my surgeons office had to resubmit my case because they didn't add the codes for surgery the first time!!!! This made me so upset because no one at the office bothered to inform me of that. I reached back out to the office and the coordinator said she is requesting BCBS mark my case as urgent now. We're down to the wire (surgery is in 8 days!) And I could use all the well wishes and fingers crossed that I get approved on time 😔

Edited October 3, 2022 by raspberrylime

[lussa 21]

11 minutes ago, raspberrylime said:

I kept calling my surgeons office last week for updates and they continued to give me the same excuse that my case is still "pending"... BUT after calling Blue Cross on Friday they explained that my surgeons office had to resubmit my case because they didn't add the codes for surgery the first time!!!! This made me so upset because no one at the office bothered to inform me of that. I reached back out to the office and the coordinator said she is requesting BCBS mark my case as urgent now. We're down to the wire (surgery is in 8 days!) And I could use all the well wishes and fingers crossed that I get approved on time 😔

Hoping it goes well! If they submitted it then you should hear back within 72 hours if it’s classified as urgent.

[raspberrylime 62]

I got the call this morning, I'm approved!!!!!! Woooo!!! Never felt a bigger sigh of relief in my entire life. 😃

[You Are My Sunshine 85]

Mine was pretty quick. I guess submittal goes in depending on insurance (at my clinic). I got my date, but did not get the approval until I had my final surgical date (2 weeks before surgery). They told me that sometimes the insurance doesn't send confirmation until 7 days before. I received my confirmation about 10 days out.

Edited October 4, 2022 by You Are My Sunshine
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