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Genetic counseling

    Genetic Counseling

    Genetic counseling services

    Intermountain genetic counselors specialize in inherited cancer, prenatal genetics, and inherited heart conditions and can help determine and manage genetic risk of disease.

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    Benefits of genetic counseling

    Genetic counselors are specialists who assess your personal and family health history and genetic test results to see if you have inherited risk for certain health conditions. Genetic counseling can offer you and your provider guidance to best manage and reduce your risk for developing those diseases down the road.

    Genetic counselors can help you understand your genetic test results and be your guide to the evolving world of genetics. They can also provide support after an often difficult diagnosis of a genetic condition.

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    Who should see a genetic counselor?

    Intermountain genetic counselors specialize in inherited cancer, prenatal genetics, and inherited heart conditions and can help determine and manage genetic risk of disease. There are a number of reasons to see a genetic counselor, including:

    • If you have received a high risk, abnormal or atypical genetic screen result in the pregnancy
    • If you are pregnant or thinking about becoming pregnant and have questions about your baby inheriting a condition.
    • If a prenatal ultrasound shows findings suggestive of a birth defect or genetic condition
    • If you and your partner are both carriers for the same genetic condition, or you carry an X-linked condition

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    Insurance coverage and genetic information discrimination

    Genetic counseling is a billable service covered by most major insurance plans. However, we encourage you to contact your insurance company before an appointment to confirm whether the genetic counseling visit is covered and the facility is in-network with your plan.

    For more information on how the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), protects patients from genetic discrimination in health insurance and employment, visit the GINA Help website at GINAHelp.org or take a look at Understanding GINA, The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 information guide.

    Click the link to learn about insurance eligibility for genetic counseling.

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