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Esophagogastroduodenoscopy denials: what the review data shows

Independent reviewers have decided 13 published cases where an insurer denied Esophagogastroduodenoscopy — and they overturned the insurer 76.9% of the time. A denial for Esophagogastroduodenoscopy is a starting position, not a final answer.

Published decisions
13
2001–2026
Overturned
76.9%
10 denials reversed
How to use this in your appeal

These are outcomes from California’s external review program — an independent physician panel that binds the insurer. Every state has an equivalent process, and internal appeals succeed even more often. Cite the outcome record for Esophagogastroduodenoscopywhen you appeal: reviewers routinely find that denials like yours didn’t hold up.

SOURCE: CALIFORNIA DMHC INDEPENDENT MEDICAL REVIEW OUTCOMES (CHHS OPEN DATA) · DERIVED AGGREGATE STATISTICS ONLY · METHODOLOGY

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