Is there any similarity in septoplasty and rhinoplasty?
Aetna considers septoplasty medically necessary when any of the following clinical criteria is met: Septal deviation causing continuous nasal airway obstruction resulting in nasal breathing difficulty not responding to appropriate medical therapy; or Documented recurrent sinusitis felt to be due to a deviated septum not relieved by appropriate medical and antibiotic therapy; or Recurrent epistaxis related to a septal deformity; or Asymptomatic septal deformity that prevents access to other intranasal areas when such access is required to perform medical necessary surgical procedures (e.g., ethmoidectomy); or When done in association with cleft palate repair. Aetna considers septoplasty experimental and investigational for all other indications. Aetna considers rhinoplasty a cosmetic surgical procedure. Rhinoplasty may be considered medically necessary only in the following limited circumstances: When it is being performed to correct a nasal deformity secondary to congenital cleft lip a
