My PCM showed me a paper today with the list of requirements because she wanted to be sure she gave me all the referrals I needed (love that woman). One of the things listed was a PU_ test (as in PS-something, all initials) and she and I weren't sure what that was. Anyone know? I have a phych referral and a nutritionist referral...will I need any other referrals? This is getting overwhelming.

Edited August 12, 200818 yr by tomatogirl
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I had bloodwork, psych eval and nut eval before by surgery approval. After approval but before my surgery, I also had to have more bloodwork, chest xray and ekg.

I've heard that Tricare doesn't require the tests but surgeons do. I had to attend a nutrition class held at the hospital, see a nutritionist one on one, have a psych evaluation, an EKG, and echocardiogram, numerous blood tests, and H-Pylori test and a chest x-ray.

Tricare required the nut and pysch evals to be complete in my package before approving the surgery. The rest were probably my surgeons requirements.