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Can anyone answer ???’s about corneal neovascularization?

My husband was diagnosed with this yesterday. I have read about it to some degree, but have questions.

Is laser surgery required to fix or stop the progression?
Is it considered an elective surgery, therefore Insurance will not cover it?
Our eye dr contacted a laser eye center but that particular one is not in our insurance network. Can we change the appt to another laser eye center without going thru our primary eye dr?

Any other info you can give in regard to treatment or experience, please please let me know.

Thank you in advance.

You should be asking these questions to your insurance company and to your doctor. His situation is unique so only someone that has seen him can give you a diagnosis. All insurances are different, so no one would really know your insurance companies requirements. I am sorry that this is not something that is that easy. All I know is that if you overwear contacts, and sleep in them when you are not supposed to you can get this very easily. Contacts are considered cosmetic by many insurance compaies so an injury due to negleting to care of a cosmetic appliance might not be considered a necesity. Ask them. But then you never know…they might cover it!

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