Benefits in the event of sterilization required by illness Granting
The statutory health insurance companies cover the costs of a medically necessary sterilization.
The statutory health insurance companies cover the costs of sterilization if the procedure is medically necessary.
For women: If
- pregnancy would endanger their health.
In healthy men:
- If a pregnancy is expected to cause serious damage to the woman and at the same time the intervention of sterilization would be life-threatening for the woman.
In other cases, you bear the costs yourself.
- Electronic health card
Preconditions
The attending physicians decide in which cases there is a medical indication for sterilization.
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ยง 24b Fifth Book of the Social Code (SGB V)
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Lower Saxony Ministry of Social Affairs, Health and Equality
Last update or date of publication
27.11.2020