This is based on the classification of different medical conditions as listed below.

Medium-level medical accidents are subdivided into two sublevels: medium high and medium low level.

1 The medium-high level includes the following.

(1) Vegetable state.
(2) Coma with no chance for revival as certified by doctors
(3) Dementia, or the loss of cognitive function due to brain damage
(4) Serious mental dysfunction
(5) Blindness in both eyes
(6) Nearsightedness below the normal level, with no chance of recovery or any improvement as certified by doctors.
(7) Loss of the eyeball on one side
(8) Permanent necessity for artificial evacuation of stomach, intestine or bladder
(9) Organ damage with no chance of recovery as confirmed by doctors, meaning the patient has to rely on medicine or medical treatment for the rest his life.
(10) Amputation of both hands
(11) Complete lameness in both upper limbs
(12) Amputation of one hand and one foot or complete lameness in both
(13) Complete lameness in both lower limbs or serious dysfunction in both lower limbs
(14) Amputation of both feet
(15) Bowel and urinary incontinence
(16) Paralysis, serious hemiplegia or muscle dysfunction
(17) Chronic aplastic anemia
(18) Suffering from any two items included in the definition of medium-low level medical accidents
(19) Any disease or dysfunction confirmed by the doctors as equal to those listed above

2 The medium-low level includes the following.

(1) Serious damage to the eyesight or field of vision causing a partial loss of working/living ability
(2) Complete hearing loss in both ears
(3) Unnecessary removal of the kidney on one side
(4) Kidney damage with no chance for recovery as confirmed by doctors
(5) Moderate hemiplegia
(6) Spinal curvature of 30 degrees or more
(7) Spinal protrusion of 30 degrees or more
(8) Diminished functionality of limbs, spinal column or body trunk
(9) Amyotrophy in both lower limbs or dysfunction in muscles with no chance of recovery even with the support of medical devices as confirmed by doctors
(10) Amputation of one limb or complete lameness in one limb
(11) Loss of reproductive capacity in women or men who are unmarried or have not produced a child, unnecessary removal of the uterus resulting in inability to bear children
(12) Suffering from any two items listed in the definition of low-level 2 medical accidents
(13) Any disease or dysfunction confirmed by doctors as equal to those listed above

Low-level medical accidents are also divided into two sublevels: low level 2 and low level 1. Level 2 accidents cause more significant damage than level 1 accidents

1 Low level 2 includes the following.

(1) Damage to eyesight or field of vision that does not seriously affect working/living abilities
(2) Hearing deterioration
(3) Damage to the vocal cord or throat that negatively affects pronunciation
(4) Organ deterioration where basic function is maintained without long-term support from medicine or medical appliances
(5) Damage to the esophagus that causes swallowing difficulties
(6) Narrowing of the urethra that causes dysuria
(7) Unnecessary removal of the uterus of a woman of childbearing age
(8) Abnormality of the spinal column or body trunk that causes dysfunction
(9) Deterioration of joint function where basic living and working ability is maintained
(10) Loss of either thumb
(11) Loss of any three fingers or more, excluding the thumbs
(12) Loss of any two fingers of one hand, including the thumb, and the splinter bone of the same hand
(13) Rigidity in the forearms
(14) Up to 50 percent loss of main joint functions
(15) Rigidity in the elbow that causes dysfunction
(16) Any disease or dysfunction confirmed by the doctors as equal to those listed above

2 Low level 1 includes the following.

(1) Organ damage that causes functional changes
(2) Medical instruments or gauze left in the patient's body cavity or organs requiring an operation to remove
(3) Unnecessary operation or considerable damage to tissues or organ
(4) Loss of all the toes on one foot
(5) Any disease or dysfunction confirmed by the doctors as equal to those listed above