# Korea Medical Records Guide

> Check Korean medical-record request documents, statutory certificate fee caps and transfer rules with original public sources and browser-only preparation tools.

## About the publisher

- Publisher: Korea Medical Records Guide (https://medicalrecordsguide.org/)
- Nature: Independent source-based information. No advertising, affiliation, hospital recommendation or booking service.
- Other language: https://medicalrecordsguide.org/ko (한국 진료기록 발급 안내소)
- Contact: info@medicalrecordsguide.org

## Topic hubs

- [Korea medical-record copies](https://medicalrecordsguide.org/topics/getting-your-records): Choose the existing records and the requester route before preparing the documents.
- [Korea certificate fees and receipts](https://medicalrecordsguide.org/topics/fees-and-receipts): Read notice caps, charging units and receipts as separate parts of the request.
- [Korean medical records before departure](https://medicalrecordsguide.org/topics/sending-records-abroad): Confirm records, language, medium and delivery with the issuing and receiving institutions.

## Statistics

- [Korea medical certificate fee caps](https://medicalrecordsguide.org/statistics/certificate-fee-caps): Medical certificate fee caps set upper amounts for listed documents, while hospitals set their fees within that range and record-copy rates change after the first five pages.
- [Korea regional certificate fees](https://medicalrecordsguide.org/statistics/certificate-fees-by-region): The original HIRA tables describe reported fees in separate regional and institution-type groups.
- [Korea imaging-copy fee caps](https://medicalrecordsguide.org/statistics/imaging-copy-fees): Film, CD and DVD are separate capped items; written reports use the relevant record-copy criterion and USB remains uncapped in the reviewed annex.

## Tools (run in the browser, nothing stored)

- [Korea medical-record request checklist](https://medicalrecordsguide.org/tools/records-checklist): The checklist shows documents for existing-record requests, not an approval decision.
- [Korea certificate-fee cap calculator](https://medicalrecordsguide.org/tools/fee-cap): Calculate the verified cap units and keep an overall total unknown when a USB item is included.
- [Korea medical-record departure timeline](https://medicalrecordsguide.org/tools/timeline): Compare your entered visit and departure dates without predicting hospital processing times.

## Articles

- [Can a Korean hospital refuse a medical-record copy?](https://medicalrecordsguide.org/articles/requesting-your-records): Patients may request access to existing records and copies, subject to identity checks and the applicable legal conditions.
- [What does a family member need for medical records?](https://medicalrecordsguide.org/articles/family-records-documents): A qualifying family requester needs the documents for the applicable consent route, with separate age and sibling conditions.
- [Diagnosis certificate or doctor’s opinion in Korea?](https://medicalrecordsguide.org/articles/certificate-vs-opinion): First issuance of a certificate or opinion is separate from copying an existing record; the named fee entry must match the document.
- [Is a Korean certificate-fee cap the price everywhere?](https://medicalrecordsguide.org/articles/fee-cap-vs-price): A certificate-fee cap bounds a matching item, while the hospital’s posted fee and the contents of the request determine the charge to check.
- [Why do Korean imaging CD fees differ?](https://medicalrecordsguide.org/articles/imaging-cd-fees): The notice sets an imaging-CD cap, but each institution selects a fee within the range and the medium and requested contents must match.
- [Can unpaid treatment bills block medical records?](https://medicalrecordsguide.org/articles/unpaid-bills): The Ministry guidance separates unpaid treatment debt from unpaid copy fees when explaining access to existing records.
- [Can records go directly to another Korean hospital?](https://medicalrecordsguide.org/articles/hospital-to-hospital): Institution-requested transfers and a patient’s transfer request have separate provisions, consent rules and procedural conditions.
- [Which Korean receipts are needed for an insurance claim?](https://medicalrecordsguide.org/articles/insurance-receipts): The benefit rules distinguish bills and itemized costs; the insurer must identify its own required evidence and claim conditions.
- [Which medical records should you request before flying home?](https://medicalrecordsguide.org/articles/before-flying-home): Choose records for the receiving purpose, then confirm the requester documents, language, medium and collection arrangements.
- [Can Korean medical records be issued in English?](https://medicalrecordsguide.org/articles/english-records): The English general-certificate cap is a specific notice item, not a promise to translate every medical record.

## Key pages

- [About Korea Medical Records Guide](https://medicalrecordsguide.org/about)
- [Korea medical-record questions](https://medicalrecordsguide.org/faq)
- [Korea medical-record terms](https://medicalrecordsguide.org/glossary)
- Feeds: https://medicalrecordsguide.org/rss.xml (RSS), https://medicalrecordsguide.org/feed.xml (Atom)
- Append /index.md to any page address for a Markdown copy: https://medicalrecordsguide.org/about/index.md

## Editorial rules

- Read the original scope.
- Separate official facts and calculations.
- Use the issuing body’s checking route.
Original scope, dates and limits remain attached to each source. Missing evidence is not replaced by assumptions.
- Original scope, dates and limits remain attached to each source. Missing evidence is not replaced by assumptions.