Just 6 Vitamins a day....REALLY???

[DianaCox]

@Spiky Bugger , I too am a militant breastfeeder. A Lactivist. And I know that her formula will be a covered benefit.

Supposedly, my sister coined that word:
http://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A2=ind0607E&L=lactnet&O=A&P=7128

 

[Sheanie]

Supposedly, my sister coined that word:
http://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A2=ind0607E&L=lactnet&O=A&P=7128

WAIT. Was your sister involved in legal fights for breastfeeding mothers? I think I remember her.

 

[DianaCox]

Although she IS a lawyer, I dont recall that she was involved in any litigation. Just the resource website.

 

[chevtow]

I would definitely fight the insurance company to cover that. *******s make a bazillion dollars a year by royal ******* anyone they can get their greedy mitts on. Don't let them screw you. And tell your doc to get his **** together, heck throw a please in there for the hell of it.

 

[DianaCox]

What were the allegedly "wrong" diagnosis/CPT codes? Do you have an idea what the right ones are?

 

[DianaCox]

2014 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code V15.02
Allergy to milk products

• Billable Code
• Unacceptable As Principal Dx

• Short description: Hx-milk prod allergy.
• ICD-9-CM V15.02 will be replaced by an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes) when the United States transitions from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM on October 1, 2015.
• ICD-9-CM V15.02 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.

Perhaps it should have been:

2014 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 558.3
Allergic gastroenteritis and colitis

• Billable Code

• Short description: Allrgic gastro & colitis.
• ICD-9-CM 558.3 will be replaced by an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes) when the United States transitions from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM on October 1, 2015.
• ICD-9-CM 558.3 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.

And here is something else that might be helpful: http://www.meadjohnson.com/pediatri...s/130029-CRCPID-PurAmino-Insurance-Letter.pdf

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=ICD+9+code+milk+protein+allergy

 

[robs477]

A "Lactivist".....now that is some funny ****!! Funniest thing I've heard in a long time! Yup, listen to Diana, theres a good chance you can put $400 extra in your pocket every month...I hope anyway, and wish you the best!

 

[Sheanie]

@Kristi, did you see Diana's post? Was your infant formula billed to insurance correctly?

 

[star0210]

I'm a lactivist too. My daughter never took a bottle a day in her life. She nursed till she was 2.5.

 

[DianaCox]

Supposedly, my sister coined that word:
http://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A2=ind0607E&L=lactnet&O=A&P=7128

I used the Wayback Machine to find an archived copy of my sister's board:
https://web.archive.org/web/19981203034358/http://www.promom.org/

 

[aaa]

I'm on a VERY minimal regimen, despite being anal about my labs and adherent to the requirements:

AM:
2 Citricals
1 MagCit
1 Prenavite (prenatal vitamin)
1 vitamin C
I zinc
MWF - 1 50K IU D3
SuTThSa - 1 K1, 1 K2
1 Primal Defense Ultra
TOTAL (not counting my Protonix and ADD med): 9 or 10 pills

PM:
2 Citricals
1 MagCit
1 vitamin C
I zinc
1 50K IU D3
1 Culturelle
TOTAL (not counting my Protonix, Levoxyl and Melatonin): 7 pills

SO - 16-17 supplement pills per day.

Only a DSer would see this as minimal. But to be serious for a moment, that is a nice minimal amount.

 

[Bella911]

I take about 40 a day, mostly calcium and magnesium, but I also take things not necessarily indicated by my labs, like CoQ10, cranberry, milk thistle . . .

40 VITAMINS A DAY? HOLY COW WHY?

 

[DianaCox]

40 VITAMINS A DAY? HOLY COW WHY?

@Bella911 - did you READ this thread? You take what your labs indicate you need to take. Maybe a little extra, just in case. Aim for keeping levels above the midrange for most things. Calcium requires a lot of pills to get a minimal dose, because they are BIG - a dose of 500-630 mg is 2 pills and many people take 2500-3000 mg/day. That would be 10-12 pills right there. Iron pills are also taken in multiples.