Is acupuncture medically necessary?
- sharondlockhart
- Sep 19, 2020
- 1 min read
Updated: Dec 14, 2020

Acupuncture is considered medially necessary if you have pain or emotional disorders that effect your normal, daily life. Many insurance companies cover acupuncture now and consider acupuncture medically necessary and beneficial to the insured.
Acupuncture and Traditional Oriental Medicine can be uses for relaxation and meditative purposes as well. Do you have a pressing question or dilemma that you want clarification on? You could use acupuncture for meditation.


I have chronic pain in my right foot (after bunion surgery) and am wondering if there is anything that can be done for that?