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CRITICAL ILLNESS CLAIM FORM
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ATTENDING PHYSICIAN’S STATEMENT
PATIENT’S NAME:
DATE OF BIRTH:
WHEN DID SIGNS AND/OR
SYMPTOMS FIRST APPEAR?
HAS THE PATIENT EVER RECEIVED MEDICAL
ADVICE OR TREATMENT FOR THIS OR A SIMILAR
CONDITION?
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DIAGNOSIS (INCLUDING COMPLICATIONS)
CANCER/ CARCINOMA IN SITU
DATE OF DIAGNOSIS (THE DATE THE PATHOLOGICAL SPECIMEN(S) WERE OBTAINED ON
WHICH CANCER OR CARCINOMA IN SITU WERE DIAGNOSED)
WAS THE CANCER/CARCINOMA IN SITU
☐DIAGNOSED PATHOLOGICALLY
☐CLINICALLY DIAGNOSED
IF THE CANCER/CARCINOMA IN SITU WAS PATHOLOGICALLY DIAGNOSED, ATTACH A COPY OF THE PATHOLOGY REPORT. IF THE CANCER/CARCINOMA IN SITU
WAS CLINICALLY DIAGNOSED, PLEASE PROVIDE THE REASON(S) THAT PATHOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS WAS NOT OBTAINED AND ATTACH MEDICAL EVIDENCE
THAT SUPPORTS THE DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER.
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (HEART ATTACK)
DOES THE PATIENT’S CONDITION MEET ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
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Yes ☐ N
o
ARE NEW AND SERIAL ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC (EKG) FINDINGS CONSISTENT WITH MYOCARDIAL
INFARCTION?
ATTACH A COPY OF THE EKGs AND REPORTS.
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Yes ☐ No WERE CARDIAC ENZYMES ELEVATED ABOVE GENERALLY ACCEPTED LABORATORY LEVELS OF NORMAL FOR
CREATINE PHYSPHOKINASE (CPK), A CPK-MB MEASUREMENT MUST BE USED? ATTACH A COPY OF THE LAB REPORT
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Yes ☐ No DID DIAGNOSTIC STUDIES CONFIRM A MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND THE OCCLUSION OF ONE OR MORE CORONARY
ARTERIES?
ATTACH COPIES OF ANY APPLICABLE REPORTS.
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Yes ☐ No DID THE PATIENT HAVE CHEST PAIN CONSISTENT WITH MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION?
DATE OF DIAGNOSIS: (THE DATE THE PATIENT MET ALL OF THE ABOVE CRITERIA FOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION)
CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY
☐Yes ☐ No
DID THE PATIENT UNDERGO OPEN HEART SURGERY TO CORRECT NARROWING OR BLOCKAGE OF ONE OR MORE CORONARY
ARTERIES WITH BYPASS GRAFTS? IF SO, ATTACH A COPY OF THE OPERATIVE REPORT.
WHAT CONDITION CAUSED THE NEED FOR CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY? DATE THE PATIENT WAS FIRST TREATED FOR SIGNS OR
SYMPTOMS OF THIS CONDITION?
☐Yes ☐ No
DID THE PATIENT UNDERGO SURGERY TO RECEIVE A HUMAN HEART, LIVER, LUNG, KIDNEY, PANCREAS, OR BONE MARROW? IF SO,
ATTACH COPY OF THE OPERATIVE REPORT.
DATE THE PATIENT WAS FIRST TREATED FOR SIGNS OR
SYMPTOMS OF THIS CONDITION?
☐Yes ☐ No
DID THE PATIENT HAVE A STROKE, MEANING APOPLEXY, SECONDARY TO RUPTURE OR ACUTE OCCLUSION OF A CEREBRAL ARTERY?
STROKE DOES NOT INCLUDE TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACKS AND ATTACKS OF VERTERBROBASILAR ISCHEMIA, HEAD INJURY, OR
CHRONIC CEREBROVASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY.
DATE OF DIAGNOSIS (THE DATE A STROKE OCCURRED BASED ON DOCUMENTED
NEUROLOGICAL DEFICITS AND NEUROIMAGING STUDIES?
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Yes ☐ N
o
DOES THE PATIENT HAVE END STAGE RENAL FAILURE PRESENTING AS CHRONIC, IRREVERSIBLE FAILURE TO FUNCTION OF BOTH
KIDNEYS?
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Yes ☐ N
o
DOES THE PATIENT’S KIDNEY FAILURE NECESSITATE REGULAR RENAL DIALYSIS, HEMO-DIALYSIS OR PERITONEAL DIALYSIS (AT
LEAST WEEKLY) OR WHICH RESULTS IN KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION?
DATE OF DIAGNOSIS (THE DATE A DOCTOR OR PHYSICIAN RECOMMENDS THAT THE PATIENT BEGIN RENAL DIALYSIS.)
WHAT IS THE CAUSE FOR THE PATIENT’S RENAL DISEASE? DATE THE PATIENT FIRST TREATED FOR SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS
OF THIS CONDITION?