For reasons that are unintentionally ironic with my username, (It's because I used to fly helicopters I swear) I was sent to get a flexible sigmoidoscopy. Everything turned out pretty much OK in that department except my dignity and now I take fiber supplements... but I recently received my "Explanation of Benefits" from Anthem and under the "Type Of Service" column, it says "Surgery - Abdominal."
I haven't flown in 5 years but probably will again in the future and I'm quite concerned about abdominal surgery being mentioned on my records anywhere, especially when it didn't happen. I've called the Dr. Office, their Billing Department, and the Organization that my employer uses to handle insurance. Anyway, nobody sounds all that confident about why it's billed as that but they're nonchalant and just think it's common to be coded that way because it's a procedure.
Does anyone have experience with this, should I be fighting this? If so, who am I even fighting? Our insurance is so convoluted that I wouldn't know where to start (for some reason unknown to me there is an organization in between myself and Anthem that provides/manages our plans and other confusing paperwork duties... I work for the State).
I haven't flown in 5 years but probably will again in the future and I'm quite concerned about abdominal surgery being mentioned on my records anywhere, especially when it didn't happen. I've called the Dr. Office, their Billing Department, and the Organization that my employer uses to handle insurance. Anyway, nobody sounds all that confident about why it's billed as that but they're nonchalant and just think it's common to be coded that way because it's a procedure.
Does anyone have experience with this, should I be fighting this? If so, who am I even fighting? Our insurance is so convoluted that I wouldn't know where to start (for some reason unknown to me there is an organization in between myself and Anthem that provides/manages our plans and other confusing paperwork duties... I work for the State).
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