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Health Insurance Plans

The Bridges Center for Surgical Weight Management accepts most health insurance plans. Many insurance companies have strict criteria for assessing bariatric surgery coverage. Please call the member services phone number on your insurance card to find out if your plan includes bariatric surgery benefits. For your convenience, here are the most common insurance codes:

Primary diagnosis code: 278.01
for morbid obesity
Surgery code for gastric bypass: 43644
Surgery code for adjustable
gastric banding: 43770

Surgery code for vertical sleeve
gastrectomy: 43775
Surgery code for the biliopancreatic
diversion with duodenal switch: 43845
Surgery code for gastric revision: 43860

Your insurance plan may require a referral or authorization to visit a specialist. If this is the case, please make the appropriate arrangements with your primary care physician. At the Bridges Center, we are happy to help you determine if our surgical weight loss program meets your insurance guidelines. Please phone 1-800-248-5553 for more information.

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