Circumcision Medical Necessity

Circumcision (male) - Mayo Clinic

https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/circumcision/about/pac-20393550

Circumcision - Medical Necessity Criteria

https://medicalnecessityguide.org/circumcision/

Generally, circumcision may be considered medically necessary for patients who have: Balanitis, when it is recurrent Balanoposthitis, when it is recurrent Chordee Condyloma …

Circumcision: Pros vs Cons, Benefits, Risks, Procedure …

https://www.webmd.com/sexual-conditions/guide/circumcision

Males circumcised as adults or older boys should take things slowly for 2-3 days. They should rest, do no heavy lifting and take pain meds as prescribed. Then it’s …

Clinical Policy 1A-22, Medically Necessary Circumcision …

https://medicaid.ncdhhs.gov/blog/2020/12/29/clinical-policy-1a-22-medically-necessary-circumcision-revised

The health benefits of circumcision include lower risks of acquiring Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), genital herpes, human papilloma virus (HPV) and …

Clinical Policy 1A-22, Medically Necessary Circumcision …

https://medicaid.ncdhhs.gov/blog/2021/05/25/clinical-policy-1a-22-medically-necessary-circumcision-revised

NC Medicaid, per policy (and legislation), pays for medically necessary circumcisions. The policy covers medical necessity for the two different age groups covered by CPT – …

The Circumcision Debate: Beyond Benefits and Risks

https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/137/5/e20160594/52128/The-Circumcision-Debate-Beyond-Benefits-and-Risks

The task force’s work culminated in a policy statement published in 2012, the centerpiece of which was the statement that “the health benefits of newborn male …

Greater Benefits of Infant Circumcision - Hopkins Medicine

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/articles/greater-benefits-of-infant-circumcision

Declining rates of U.S. infant male circumcision will lead to dramatically higher rates of sexually transmitted disease and related cancers in men and their …

CG-SURG-103 Penile Circumcision - Anthem

https://www.anthem.com/dam/medpolicies/abc/active/guidelines/gl_pw_d097496.html

Penile circumcision is considered medically necessary when the individual has any of the following conditions: Preputial neoplasms; or Recurrent balanitis; or …

Circumcision: What Does Science Say? - Science-Based …

https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/circumcision-what-does-science-say/

Circumcision prevents phimosis (the inability to retract the foreskin) and paraphimosis (a painful inability to pull the retracted foreskin back down). Paraphimosis …

Medicaid Funding for Circumcision – Circumcision …

https://circumcision.org/medicaid-funding-for-circumcision/

Normal conditions in infants and children, like a tight or long foreskin (sometimes mistakenly called phimosis), are not valid medical reasons for circumcision in minors. Legitimate …