Software AMA Guides 6th Edition

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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.

Software AMA Guides 6th edition

Disability Technology Inc: is the maker of AMA Guides 6^th edition software

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According to AMA:

Overall, the 6th Edition appears to be a major step forward in impairment

ratings. The conceptual framework of the rating matches the common

medical examination model, making this edition easier for treating physicians

to grasp. The lack of ability to change ratings drastically from the

middle number of most classes will allow insurers to predict reserves more

easily based on the patient’s diagnosis. Unfortunately, the system was not

tested on a full spectrum of cases in workers’ compensation systems. Thus,

there may remain areas where it is difficult for physicians to identify the

diagnosis, and these areas will require minor corrections over time. The

system is still not directly tied to functional assessment tool results from

treatment, and changes in this area may improve its validity in the future.

The AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment will continue to

evolve overtime; however the 6th Edition has accomplished a much needed

fundamental change.

Software AMA Guides 6th edition

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 Impairment rating software.

 

According to AMA,

 

The relationship between impairment and disability

 

remain both complex and difficult, if not impossible, to

 

predict. In some conditions, there is a strong association

 

between level of injury and the degree of functional loss

 

expected in one’s personal sphere of activity (mobility

 

and ADLs). The same level of injury is in no way

 

predictive of an affected individual’s ability to participate

 

in major life functions (including work) when appropriate

 

motivation, technology, and sufficient accommodation

 

are available. Disability may be influenced by physical,

 

psychological, and psychosocial factors that can change

 

over time.

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Software AMA Guides 6^th edition

According to AMA

Goals of AMA Guides Sixth Edition

 

As noted in chapter 1 of the Guides Sixth Edition, there

 

are five new “axioms” of the sixth edition:

 

1. The Guides adopts the terminology and conceptual framework of disablement of the ICF.

 

2. The Guides becomes more diagnosis based with these diagnoses being evidence based when possible.

 

3. Simplicity, ease of application and following precedent are given high priority, with the goal of optimizing interrater and intrarater reliability.

 

4. Rating percentages derived according to the Guides are functionally based, to the fullest practical extent possible.

 

5. The Guides stresses conceptual and methodological congruity within and between organ system ratings.

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Software AMA Guides 6^th edition

According to AMA:

 

Medical impairment:Functional loss

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 The AMA Guides provides impairment ratings for

 

certain medical conditions based on the extent of the

 

functional loss. Example 15-25 at pages 477-48

 

explains how to determine the rating for a person

 

who sustained significant shoulder motion deficits

 

related to her constant overhead work. Her condition

 

warranted an 18  percent impairment rating for the

 

upper extremity and an 11 percent impairment

 

rating for the whole person.

Software AMA Guides 6th edition/Disabilitytec.com

Disability Technology Inc

www.disabilitytec.com

214-755-5726

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.

 

Software AMA Guides 6th edition

Under the new AMA Guides 6th edition

 

More diagnosis based with diagnosis being evidence based

When possible

 

The move to a diagnosis-based impairment approach is the best feature of

 

the Sixth Edition. Diagnosis is how physicians (evaluators) think. Clinical

 

eduction and discussion of illness and injury usually included four considerations,

 

which are often described as the SOAP note (subjective, objective,

 

assessment, plan). The Sixth Edition impairment model now uses:

 

1. What symptoms and functional difficulties do the individual

report (history)?

 

2. What are the physical findings (examination)?

 

3. What are results of the clinical studies?

 

4. What is the problem (diagnosis)?

 

The diagnosis now directs the rater to the appropriate table to start the

 

impairment rating process.

 

 

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