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Does medicare cover breast reductions?
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Yes Medicare covers breast reduction. The item number is 45520 for each breast. However many public hospitals in NSW no longer regard this procedure as "non-cosmetic" and therefore patients are often forced to have the procedure performed in Private hopsitals. As there is a medicare item number the Private Health Insurers cover the hospital costs. Often there is a gap for the doctors fees.
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