AMA Guides 6th edition software
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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.
