Fully reimbursed when referred via the ETZ

Permanent Mooi works in partnership with the Department of Plastic Surgery at the Elisabeth-TweeSteden Hospital (ETZ). If you are referred to Permanent Mooi by a plastic surgeon at the ETZ for a medical areola tattoo following breast cancer or breast reconstruction, the treatment forms part of your medical care pathway.

In that case, the areola tattoo will be fully reimbursed via the ETZ and your health insurance. You will not receive an invoice from Permanent Mooi for this, and you do not need to pay for the treatment yourself upfront.

This applies to clients referred by the ETZ as part of this care pathway.

Are you coming from another hospital or without a referral? You’re still very welcome. We’ll then work with you to explore the options for reimbursement through your health insurer, hospital, treating doctor or supplementary insurance.

Reimbursement in the Netherlands

For Dutch clients, reimbursement depends on the situation.

Have you been referred via the ETZ? If so, the areola tattoo will be fully reimbursed by the ETZ and your health insurance.

Are you coming via another hospital, a plastic surgeon or on your own initiative? In that case, reimbursement varies depending on your health insurer and the specific medical treatment pathway. Always check whether your treatment is covered under the hospital treatment pathway, supplementary insurance or requires authorisation.

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Reimbursement of nipple tattooing in Belgium

This information remains important for Belgian clients.

If your situation falls under the‘serious illness’ category, you may in some cases be entitled to reimbursement for a nipple tattoo. Check this with your hospitalisation insurance provider and ask specifically about the conditions for a nipple tattoo without an RIZIV code within the ‘serious illness’ category.

Make sure you check this thoroughly and do not accept a rejection too quickly. In Belgium, there may sometimes be more options available than is initially suggested.

See also the blog:Breast cancer? Consider the ‘serious illness file’ – Belgium.

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This website has been translated from Dutch using machine translation and manually reviewed by Permanent Mooi.