AMA Guides 6th
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According to AMA:
AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment is used in workers' compensation systems, federal systems,
automobile casualty and personal injury cases to rate impairment.
The
Standard in Impairment Evaluation
Standardized
methodology is applied to each chapter of Guides Sixth to enhance the
relevancy of impairment ratings, improve internal consistency and promote ease
of application to the rating process. This ordered method enables proficiency
with ratings for multiple organ systems.
The Guides Sixth
applies terminology and an analytical framework based on the International
Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) from the World
Health Organization to generate five impairment classes that permit the rating
of the patient from no impairment to most severe.
Understand
Differences Between Impairment and Disability
AMA Guides to the
Evaluation of Permanent Impairment clarifies the critical difference between medical impairment
and disability, as diagnosis affects treatment and how a patient is viewed by a
state's workers' compensation system.
Impairment is a
significant deviation, loss, or loss of use of any body structure or body
function in an individual with a health condition, disorder or disease.
Disability is activity
limitations and/or participation restrictions in an individual with a health
condition, disorder or disease.
With AMA Guides
Sixth, physicians can measure the extent of impairment as related to normal
functional capacity.
