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Is a dexa every 2 years enough?
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Nov 4 2:54pm | Replies (62)Comment receiving replies
@dlmdinia I don't know what codes the doctor uses but I've been getting a DXA scan pretty much every year for 4 years now. Maybe just my bad numbers are enough to make that get approved by traditional Medicare but the doctor does not expect any problem and there hasn't been any problem getting reimbursed. I have paid myself once when I wanted to know what was happening sooner than 1 year. I was not being actively treated during that time period. No meds until after the last DXA.
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Medicare has a list of conditions they will accept as “medically necessary” for bone density scans more frequently than bi-annually. i remember once my dr forgot to write medically necessary and why on the script and the hospital wouldn’t schedule the scan until my doctor corrected my rx—i understand—i wanted the cost covered by insurance and the hospital wanted to ensure they would be paid
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as far as i understand its not a code. Rather dr writes medically necessary and specific reason—i’ve also had annual test approved