Trauma surgery without proper compensation under the current Korean National Health Insurance System.

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the situations and problems of the current health insurance fees for trauma surgeries.

Methods: We reviewed the medical records and billing data from trauma surgeries performed in the hospital from August 2012 to July 2014. The name and number of surgeries were investigated and the code and number of operations prescribed by surgeons were compared with the number of cases actually billed to insurance.