Liposuction

Threshold

This procedure is not routinely funded on cosmetic grounds alone.

This procedure is subject to Clinical Thresholds and will be funded if the following conditions apply:

• Diabetic injection sites, post traumatic disfigurement and extravasations of chemotherapy

AND

• Treatment could alleviate the physical disability.

Cases for Individual Funding Consideration (Patients who do not meet the policy criteria)

On a case to case basis, patients might be eligible for surgical intervention, in consideration of their exceptionality. The requesting clinician must provide information to support the case for being considered an exception, by submitting an individual funding request.