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Husky Health Connecticut (Medicaid)

Gender Reassignment Services


Policy: Gender Reassignment Services
Last Update: 2021-09
Issued in: Connecticut

This policy applies to Medicaid

Breast Reconstruction:

Mastectomy and creation of a male chest may be considered medically necessary as part of female to male gender affirmation when all of the following criteria are met:

  1. The individual has capacity to make fully informed decisions and consent for treatment; and
  2. The individual has been diagnosed with gender dysphoria, and exhibits all of the following:
    1. The desire to live and be accepted as a member of the opposite sex, usually accompanied by the wish to make his or her body as congruent as possible with the preferred sex through surgery and hormone treatment; and
    2. The transsexual identity has been present persistently for at least two years; and
    3. The disorder is not a symptom of another mental disorder; and
    4. The disorder causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning; and
  3. If the individual has significant, outstanding medical or mental health conditions present, they must be reasonably well controlled. If the individual is diagnosed with severe psychiatric disorders and impaired reality testing (e.g., psychotic, bipolar disorder, dissociative identity disorder, borderline personality disorder), an effort must be made to improve these conditions with psychotropic medications and/or psychotherapy before surgery is contemplated
  4. One referral from a qualified mental health professional who has assessed the individual.

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