If I choose not to tell anyone at work is there any way Human Resources can find out what I had done ?

No, I have worked in HR before and unless the doctor writes the type of surgery(most use medical codes) in your FMLA paperwork, they will not know.

Me neither and I don’t plan on telling anyone. I plan on taking PTO

On 5/17/2017 at 3:40 PM, FabNFit@40 said:

No, I have worked in HR before and unless the doctor writes the type of surgery(most use medical codes) in your FMLA paperwork, they will not know.

I don't want to rain on anyone's parade but all it takes to find out the surgical procedure is a basic Google search. Just type "CPT" (Current Procedural Terminology) and the procedure number; example: CPT 43773 is "Laparoscopy, surgical, gastric restrictive procedure". The CPT # will most likely have a modifier added to differentiate the various restrictive procedures (Band, VSG, ESG, Duo-Switchn etc.) HR should not have access to HIPAA protected medical records submitted to the company's insurance provider or division. The Healthcare provider/Surgeon and facility should be filing the insurance claim directly which would bypass the HR Dept.