[Principles of intervertebral disc assessment in private accident insurance]. 2015

M Steinmetz, and V Dittrich, and K Röser

Due to the spread of intervertebral disc degeneration, insurance companies and experts are regularly confronted with related assessments of insured persons under their private accident insurance. These claims pose a particular challenge for experts, since, in addition to the clinical assessment of the facts, extensive knowledge of general accident insurance conditions, case law and current study findings is required. Each case can only be properly assessed through simultaneous consideration of both the medical and legal facts. These guidelines serve as the basis for experts and claims.managers with respect to the appropriate individual factual assessment of intervertebral disc degeneration in private accident insurance.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007345 Insurance Claim Review Review of claims by insurance companies to determine liability and amount of payment for various services. The review may also include determination of eligibility of the claimant or beneficiary or of the provider of the benefit; determination that the benefit is covered or not payable under another policy; or determination that the service was necessary and of reasonable cost and quality. Claims Review,Insurance Audit,Insurance Claims Processing,Analysis, Claims,Claim Review, Insurance,Claims Analysis,Insurance Claims Analysis,Review, Claims,Review, Insurance Claim,Analyses, Claims,Analyses, Insurance Claims,Analysis, Insurance Claims,Audit, Insurance,Audits, Insurance,Claim Reviews, Insurance,Claims Analyses,Claims Analyses, Insurance,Claims Analysis, Insurance,Claims Processing, Insurance,Claims Reviews,Insurance Audits,Insurance Claim Reviews,Insurance Claims Analyses,Processing, Insurance Claims,Reviews, Claims,Reviews, Insurance Claim
D007346 Insurance, Accident Insurance providing coverage for physical injury suffered as a result of unavoidable circumstances. Accident Insurance,Accident Insurances,Insurances, Accident
D004185 Disability Evaluation Determination of the degree of a physical, mental, or emotional handicap. The diagnosis is applied to legal qualification for benefits and income under disability insurance and to eligibility for Social Security and workmen's compensation benefits. Disability Evaluations,Evaluation, Disability,Evaluations, Disability
D005104 Expert Testimony Presentation of pertinent data by one with special skill or knowledge representing mastery of a particular subject. Expert Opinion,Expert Witness,Expert Opinions,Expert Testimonies,Expert Witnesses,Opinion, Expert,Testimony, Expert,Witness, Expert,Witnesses, Expert
D005858 Germany A country in central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark. The capital is Berlin.
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D055959 Intervertebral Disc Degeneration Degenerative changes in the INTERVERTEBRAL DISC due to aging or structural damage, especially to the vertebral end-plates. Degenerative Disc Disease,Degenerative Intervertebral Discs,Degenerative Intervertebral Disks,Intervertebral Disk Degeneration,Disc Degeneration,Disc Degradation,Disk Degeneration,Disk Degradation,Degeneration, Disc,Degeneration, Disk,Degeneration, Intervertebral Disc,Degeneration, Intervertebral Disk,Degenerative Disc Diseases,Degenerative Intervertebral Disc,Degenerative Intervertebral Disk,Degradation, Disc,Degradation, Disk,Disc Degeneration, Intervertebral,Disc Degenerations,Disc Degradations,Disc Disease, Degenerative,Disc, Degenerative Intervertebral,Disk Degeneration, Intervertebral,Disk Degenerations,Disk Degradations,Disk, Degenerative Intervertebral,Intervertebral Disc Degenerations,Intervertebral Disc, Degenerative,Intervertebral Disk Degenerations,Intervertebral Disk, Degenerative

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