Question
Is it true that a patient over the age of 80 would not be covered for hip replacement surgery under medicare (because of age)?
Answer
Hi Bob
That is an easy excuse for not covering something. If the doctor says it is medically necessary and assigns a claim code that says so, it is covered.
there is growing concern that because of the long recovery period for older persons having hip replacement, that the process might be causing more harm to the body condition as a whole, than they are getting from the replacement.( I am in my eighties),
John
