People on sick leave may have a dilemma. It is not always clear to patients what they can do while recovering on L4. It turns out that all the necessary information can be found on the issued document. What do the different symbols mean and what are patients entitled to? It’s worth knowing because ZUS has increased the number of inspections.
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Sick leave checks. ZUS checks patients and doctors
According to “Rzeczpospolita”, in the first year of 2023, 222.9 thousand inspections of issued sick leaves were carried out. In the previous year, this result was lower by as much as 6 percent. Therefore, it cannot be denied that the Social Insurance Institution is systematically increasing their number, monitoring not only patients, but also their doctors. In the first quarter of 2023, as much as 7 percent more sickness benefits were withheld and 700 were discovered who issued at least 30 sick leaves a day. So what can you do on L4 so that ZUS does not withdraw your benefit?
What can you do on sick leave? You will find the recommendations on the document you received
And what can you actually do while staying there? It all depends on the code found on the document issued by the doctor. The purpose of staying at L4 is to recover, which is why every patient has the right to leave the place of stay if he or she goes to see a doctor, to a pharmacy to buy medicines, or for rehabilitation and other similar treatments recommended by a doctor. We can also find the number 1 or 2 on a sick leave certificate. 1 means that the patient should and can leave home only in the above-mentioned situations. 2, on the other hand, allows for a bit more freedom, such as going for a short walk. We can also find various codes on sick leave. What do they mean?
- Code A – inability to work after a break not exceeding 60 days. It is caused by the same disease that caused the inability to work before the break;
- Code B – inability to work during pregnancy;
- Code C – incapacity caused by alcohol abuse;
- Code D – incapacity caused by tuberculosis;
- Code E – incapacity caused by an infectious disease whose development period is longer than 14 days, or another disease whose symptoms are visible after a period longer than 14 days from the onset of the disease.
Source: Gazeta
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