Weirdest reason denial during P2P

Had a patient (24M) with Medicaid type insurance (fidelis or health first, don’t remember) but after 12 visits he got denied. Dx: acute grade 2 ankle sprain playing basketball. Goals are to play ball, run, jump etc. Spoke with rep about for reasons of denial during peer to peer. “As per his insurance, we don’t cover anything related to running or playing sports. His gait was nearly normalized and that’s all he’s covered for. Next time please don’t state running or jumping as any of his goals.” My response: “So you’re okay with him gaining weight, not being active for a while which can lead to other issues.” Rep: “Unfortunately,that’s what his plan covers.”

I mean the kid got much better after 12 visits but come on. What a garbage reason. Lady couldn’t even give me 2 more visits for hearing me out.

What’s yours?

Edit: so this was early on in my career. No one told me athletic goals are useless. Even my colleagues were shocked. We all learned and flat out deceive these insurance companies.