Dear Mr Lawson

 

Thank you for your email dated 3 August 2017, copied below, requesting
further information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act).

 

ACC is working on your request and will be in touch with you as soon as
possible, and certainly by 31 August.

 

We have noted your request for receipt of the information by 15 August. If
we are able to accommodate that time frame, we will.

 

While the Act allows a requester to ask for a request to be processed
urgently (where they specify the reason for this), agencies are not bound
by such a request. Whether a response can be provided under urgency will
depend on various factors, including the complexity of the request, the
time required to form a response, and the workload of the agency.

 

If you have any questions in the meantime, we will be happy to work with
you to resolve these. We can be contacted via email at:
[1][email address].

 

Yours sincerely

 

OIA Services, Government Engagement and Support

 

Government Engagement and Support    
  ACC / Justice Centre / 19 Aitken Street
PO Box 242 / Wellington 6140 / New Zealand / [2]www.acc.co.nz    
 
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-----Original Message-----

From: David Lawson
[[3]mailto:[FOI #6344 email]]

Sent: Thursday, 3 August 2017 10:28 a.m.

To: Information Website Mail

Subject: Official Information request - Request for clarification of the
best ACC Read Code that applies to sciatic radiculopathy not associated
with trauma to the intervetebral disc, but caused by trauma located in the
hip/thigh

 

Dear Accident Compensation Corporation,

 

I refer you to the ACC Read Code N12C2 Lumbar disc prolapse with
radiculopathy which provides cover for both the prolapse disc and also the
radicular sciatic symptoms that travel down an injured persons sciatic
pathway from from the spine right through to the foot.

 

OIA Request:

 

I respectfully request your assistance in confirming the best ACC Read
Code/s  that reflect the sciatic radiculopathy that is associated solely
with either of the following injuries;

 

(a) entrapment of the sciatic nerve within the musculature of the buttock
caused through injury to said musculature, that does not have an
associated lesion to the sciatic nerve itself, but the sciatic being
caused by the irritation of the sciatic nerve transversing through the
musculature.

 

(b) injury or lesion to the sciatic nerve in the buttock/thigh region
caused through accidental trauma.

 

I have located the Read Code of N143. Sciatica, however I am unsure
whether there is a more specific Read Code that covers irritation of, or
the lesion of, the sciatic nerve in the buttock/hip/thigh caused by
accidental trauma, which goes on to cause radicular sciatic symptoms
further down the injured persons limb.

 

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 15th 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, and so as allow me to access the correct
assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for these injuries.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

David Lawson

 

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Dear Mr Lawson

 

Please find attached our response to your Official Information Act request
of 3 August 2017.

 

Yours sincerely

 

OIA Services, Government Engagement and Support

 

Government Engagement and Support    
  ACC / Justice Centre / 19 Aitken Street
PO Box 242 / Wellington 6140 / New Zealand / [1]www.acc.co.nz    
 
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-----Original Message-----

From: David Lawson
[[2]mailto:[FOI #6344 email]]

Sent: Thursday, 3 August 2017 10:28 a.m.

To: Information Website Mail

Subject: Official Information request - Request for clarification of the
best ACC Read Code that applies to sciatic radiculopathy not associated
with trauma to the intervetebral disc, but caused by trauma located in the
hip/thigh

 

Dear Accident Compensation Corporation,

 

I refer you to the ACC Read Code N12C2 Lumbar disc prolapse with
radiculopathy which provides cover for both the prolapse disc and also the
radicular sciatic symptoms that travel down an injured persons sciatic
pathway from from the spine right through to the foot.

 

OIA Request:

 

I respectfully request your assistance in confirming the best ACC Read
Code/s  that reflect the sciatic radiculopathy that is associated solely
with either of the following injuries;

 

(a) entrapment of the sciatic nerve within the musculature of the buttock
caused through injury to said musculature, that does not have an
associated lesion to the sciatic nerve itself, but the sciatic being
caused by the irritation of the sciatic nerve transversing through the
musculature.

 

(b) injury or lesion to the sciatic nerve in the buttock/thigh region
caused through accidental trauma.

 

I have located the Read Code of N143. Sciatica, however I am unsure
whether there is a more specific Read Code that covers irritation of, or
the lesion of, the sciatic nerve in the buttock/hip/thigh caused by
accidental trauma, which goes on to cause radicular sciatic symptoms
further down the injured persons limb.

 

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 15th 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, and so as allow me to access the correct
assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for these injuries.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

David Lawson

 

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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

 

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:

[3][FOI #6344 email]

 

Is [4][ACC request email] the wrong address for Official Information
requests to Accident Compensation Corporation? If so, please contact us
using this form:

[5]https://fyi.org.nz/change_request/new?bo...

 

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:

[6]https://fyi.org.nz/help/officers

 

If you find this service useful as an Official Information officer, please
ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA
page.

 

 

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