Juvenile Health Examination

Prerequisites

Insured children and young people are generally entitled to early detection examinations up to the age of 18. However, the following examination periods must be observed:

• U1 Immediately after birth
• U2 3rd-10th day of life
• U3 4th-5th life week
• U4 3rd-4th life month
• U5 6th-7th life month
• U6 10th-12th life month
• U7 21.-24. life month
• U7a 34.-36. life month
• U8 46th-48th life month
• U9 60th-64th life month
• J1 13th -14th age

Documents required

For the examinations you need your child's electronic health card and the children's examination booklet ("yellow booklet"), which you will receive immediately after the birth.

Please note

No

Procedure

Please contact the doctor treating you to make an appointment. Further information (also on the additional examinations U10, U11 and J2) can be obtained from your health insurance company.

Fees

There are no co-payments for health check-ups for children and young people.




For the additional examinations (U10, U11, J2), the costs can be covered by individual health insurance companies as a voluntary service.

Legal remedies

You can appeal against the decision of a health insurance company. If the objection is not remedied, a complaint can be filed with the competent social court

Legal basis

Law on the Public Health Service in Hamburg (Hamburg Health Service Act - HmbGDG)

https://www.landesrecht-hamburg.de/bsha/document/jlr-GesDGHAV8IVZ


§ 26 Book V of the Social Code (SGB V) Health examinations for children and young people

http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_5/__26.html

The statutory health insurance companies cover the costs for medical early detection examinations for your insured children and young people, which are also known as U-examinations and J-examinations. In principle, your children and young people can take advantage of the examinations up to the age of 18. They are used for the early detection of diseases that endanger their physical, mental or psychosocial development. Up to the age of 6, this also includes early diagnosis examinations for tooth, mouth and jaw diseases, eg determination of the risk of caries and advice on nutrition and oral hygiene. In addition to the legally stipulated examinations of the U-examination program, a number of health insurance companies offer additional examinations, especially for children of primary school age (U10 and U11) and for young people (J2, between 16 and 17 years). These costs can be covered by individual health insurance companies as a voluntary service.

The Federal Joint Committee regulates the details of the content, type and scope of the examinations in the guidelines for the early detection of diseases in children (U1 to U9) and the guidelines for youth health examinations (J1).