I am a patient (not a medical professional!) who has been dealing with hemicrania continua since 2009. This causes constant head and facial pain on one side of the head 24/7. I am looking into occipital nerve stimulation as a treatment as I have tried everything else.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Insurance denial
Well I got the dreaded denial letter in the mail. :-(. The insurance company is claiming the procedure is investigational. Interestingly, they only denied one of the procedure codes and not both. I called and talked to the insurance specialist handling my case. She is going to check with the coders and see if something can be changed and re-submit the request or else we will have to do an appeal. More waiting in pain of course. I had another cervical epidural yesterday. Head is still killing me. When I sat up in the recovery room my head actually hurt worse for a minute. It decreased back down to its normal constant pain within a few minutes after they gave me some caffeine though.
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