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Originally Posted by LuckySevens
Kathie, do you know if having the astigmatism fixed is a separate surgery and is it covered by Medicare and secondary insurance?
thanks, Rose
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Don't hold me to this, my specialty is neither ophthalmology or medicare billing, so best to check with the eye surgeon. However, I believe the astigmatism correction is a function of the toric lens, not of anything additional that is done surgically. I also believe that medicare only covers a basic lens, the higher cost of a toric or bifocal lens is the patient's responsibility . No idea if secondary insurance generally covers it or not, probably depends on the policy