I can’t say other places, but if this is the US and if the reasoning for it is type 2 diabetes and it’s coded that way and you do not in fact have type 2 diabetes the insurance is likely to kick it back and say they won’t pay for it because it wasn’t necessary.

Respectfully, they had a bunch of this patient’s info wrong, and if it’s not necessary then why should she have to potentially pay for something she doesn’t need? And she didn’t throw a hissy fit.

Maybe because the schedule was looking at someone else's chart? OP did not have the condition sherry the scheduler was telling her she had. Sheesh. Maybe you're ok with charts for surgery getting mixed up, but I'm not.

Pretty sure the hissy fit was because they said she was diabetic when she wasn’t, not because they wanted an ekg.

Incorrect information in a medical chart leads to bad decisions that can maim or decease you.

"Respectfully" and "you threw a hissy fit" do not go on the same comment, honey.

It's weird they don't just do it when they check you in for surgery.

What post did you read? I mean, it's absolutely clear that it wasn't the one you're commenting on.

Respectfully, protect your toes. The universe likes slamming those lil buggers into furniture.

I didn't get an EKG before a colonoscopy or a lumpectomy. If it's not necessary, don't get it.