PLEASE I AM BEGGING FOR SOME ADVICE AND RESPONSES ON THIS QUESTION. I have posted

before and noone will respond. I am here in this forum for help and guidance..please..I have had rny done 1/27/2000 i was 510lbs, got down to 280, had a baby, my current weight is 350...MASSIVE and MAJOR pain in my pouch, feels like it is being squeezed like a water balloon, so much pain..Planning a revision, not only to lose weight, but to diffuse the pain, I have an exclusion, of course, and I work for UHC and I have an exclusion, but here is the letter my surgeon plans to send: United Healthcare Bariatric Revision Surgery Policy Policy number: 0000000000 Effective date: January 1, 2012 Surgical revision or a second bariatric surgery is proven for inadequate weight loss if the original criteria for bariatric surgery (BMI, co-morbidities and patient selection criteria) continue to be met. Surgical revision of bariatric surgery is proven for complications of the original surgery, such as stricture, obstruction, pouch dilation, erosion, or band slippage when the complication causes abdominal pain, inability to eat or drink or causes vomiting of prescribed meals. My question is, if WLS or bariatrics of any kind are excluded the letter this way will be denied, correct?? SOMEONE PLEASE ANSWER... :)

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