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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.

 

Medical impairment: Functional loss

 

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

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According to AMA:

 

The steps involved in determining an impairment rating percentage are:

 

1) Determine the impairment class based usually on the diagnosis. Each class lists 5 potential numbers for the impairment. Tentatively assume the middle number (or default value) will be the impairment percentage.

 

2. Determine the severity of the residual symptoms by asking the patient about symptoms and difficulties functioning, with or without the additional input of a questionnaire the patient fills out describing symptoms and problems, and then compare this to a table of “Functional History Adjustment” severity.

 

3. Determine the severity of the abnormalities on physical examination and compare this to a table for “Physical Examination Adjustment”.

 

4. Determine the severity of the x-ray, MRI, bone scan, Myelogram, and/or electrodiagnostic findings, and compare this to a table of “Clinical Studies”.

5. Use the Functional History, Physical Exam, and Clinical Studies Adjustment tables to derive factors (numbers) that will, by simple math, move the physician either to select the default impairment value (from step 1 above), or to select a higher or lower impairment percentage from the 5 numbers listed for the class.

 

Software AMA Guides 6th Edition

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provides software dedicated to AMA Guides 6th edition

 

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

www.disabilitytec.com

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.

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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

–

 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.