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  • Current: Medical Necessity Literature Reviews

Medical Necessity Literature Reviews

These documents can be printed out and included with an appeal. They compile the medical literature on a given procedure to demonstrate its medical necessity.


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  • Augmentation mammaplasty literature review (breast augmentation for transgender women) June 11, 2020
  • Facial gender reassignment surgery for transgender women (facial feminization surgery) September 10, 2020
  • Mastectomy in transgender people under age 18 March 30, 2021
  • Vaginoplasty in transgender people under age 18 July 15, 2019
  • Medical transition without social transition July 17, 2018
  • Cornell Public Policy Research Portal’s literature review of peer-reviewed articles on the effect of gender transition on transgender well-being 1991-2017

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