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Software AMA Guides 6^th edition

According to AMA:

Medical impairment: Anatomical loss

 

The AMA Guides provide impairment ratings for certain

 

medical conditions based on the anatomical loss.

 

For example, Table 16-16 at page 542 of the AMA Guides

 

Indicates that amputation of the leg above the knee at the

 

mid-thigh is rated at 90 percent of the loss of the leg

 

unless there are proximal problems that increase the

 

rating. Table 16-1 at page 495 indicates that a 90 percent

 

impairment rating of the lower extremity is equivalent to

 

a 36 percent impairment rating for the whole person.