I have United Healthcare and VSG was an option for me.  However, whether or not your brother's plan will cover it is dependent upon his employer. His best bet it to call them and see if his employer has purchased the "Bariatric Resource Service" through UHC. If so, he will be assigned a case manager that will walk him through the entire process including fast tracking the approval once all the paperwork is in. 

Good luck!!  

CONGRATULATIONS on your approval!  You are right, there is nothing better than that phone call saying you are approved.  I still remember the day I got the call.  I also have Aetna.  Myself and my daughter have had surgery and my two sons are having surgery December 13th!! 

Good Luck to you!  Let us know when you get your surgery date!!

Nan

I need the list of insurance codes for blood labs. Think VitaLady had one but I can't find it now. I remember being told to make sure the insurance does NOT use "Surgical Malabsorbtion" since some policies do not cover anything related to WLS.   I have Blue Shield HMO and want to make sure its gets paid. They have paid it before but with all the talk about the insurance reforms I would like to get my PCP to use the code thats "more acceptable."  Can those of you who have great success getting your labs paid post the ICD-9 codes used for insurance coverage?

Thanks I will. I will find out next week what my surgery date is.