| Disability Letters
ICD-9
Informed Consent
Disability Letters
We have finally been able to provide you with materials
that can be printed for your use when taking information
to your physician, your insurance company or Disability
Benefit officers.
Please take a moment to look at these letters.
We have also been able to provide you with a sample
letter to assist you with preparing your own materials.
You may print Dr. Wiseman's letter in its entirety for
your personal use when preparing materials for your
disability claim.
A BIG thank you to Beverly Doucette (WI Support Coordinator)
for helping to prepare the Sample Letter and Guidelines
information. Should you have any questions - please
contact
us.
ICD-9
In 2002, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
(CMS) recently approved the addition of an ICD-9-CM
code for the "Application of an Adhesion Barrier
for Prevention of Adhesions" in the USA. With assistance
from USA-based IAS members and health professionals,
our voice was heard as to the necessity of this code!
This new code will enable the government, as well as
researchers, to understand the magnitude of the problem
and the need for an expanded use of adhesion barriers
and increased funding for research in the prevent and
treatment of Adhesion Related Disorder (ARD).
To learn more:
Informed Consent
Help the IAS learn more about the information being
provided on the hospital (or physician's office) informed
consent forms that patients are asked to complete each
time there is a surgical procedure performed. This information
will help us understand how we can improve awareness
about adhesions among doctors and patients.
Informed Consent Survey
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