Dear Accident Compensation Corporation,

It would be welcomed if you could confirm to me what the abbreviation in the read code diagnosis descriptions "NOS" stands for.

For example the following read codes and associated descriptions incorporate "NOS".

S573z Sacrum sprain NOS
S57z. Back Strain NOS
S570z Neck sprain NOS

Please confirm what NOS stands for.

I appreciate your time and assistance and respectfully request that my request be responded to under urgency within the next 10 working days, being by the end of business close on 4th August 2017, with my reason being so that I can formally lodge pursuant to Section 48 (a), (b) and (c ) of the ACC Act 2001 claims for cover and entitlements for a number of classes of injuries sustained.

Under s16(2) of the Official Information Act, my preferred way of receiving a response is by email to the address from which ACC received the original request, not by post.

Yours faithfully,

David Lawson

Dear Accident Compensation Corporation,

I refer to my associated earlier request and advise that I have since established that NOS refers to Not Otherwise Specified, and hence will not require your assistance any further in respect of this OIA request.

Thanks and Regards,

David Lawson