Workers Compensation Abbreviations And Terminology

Terms Description Americans with Disabilities Act ADA Account Handling Instructions AHI Agreed Medical Exam AME Actual Reduced Earnings ARE Account Service Instructions ASI AWW Average Weekly Wage Causal Relationship or Causally Related C/R Central Index Bureau CIB Date of Injury DOI Date of Loss DOL Diagnosis Dx Employee EE Employer ER ERTW Estimated Return to Work or Early Return to Work FBCM Field-based Case Management Functional Capacity Evaluation FCE FCRD Further Causally Related Disability Full Duty FD FMLA Family & Medical Leave Act Full-Time Equivalent (Employee) FTE History Hx Independent Medical Evaluation/Examination IME Incurred All costs which have been paid and reserved. Indemnity. Lost wages which are paid IND Light Duty another term for transitional duty LD Last office visit LOV Lost Time LT Long Term Disability LTD Modified Duty another term for transitional duty MD Modified Duty Assignment MDA Maximum Medical Improvement MMI Medical-Only, Med-Only. No time lost from work MO Nurse Case Management NCM Next Office Visit NOV OOW Out Of Work OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Agency Occupational Therapy OT Over the Counter (Drugs) OTC P & S Permanent and Stationary (similar to MMI) Costs that have been paid to medical providers, the employee or for Paid expenses. Permanent Impairment Rating PIR Plan of Action POA

Permanent Partial Disability PPD Prior Permanent Impairment PPI Push, Pull, Lift PPL Physical Therapy PT Permanent Total Disability PTD Qualified Medical Exam (similar to IME) QME Restricted Days RD Reduced Earnings RE Reserved Money that has been set aside to cover future claim costs. Request for Proposal RFP Risk Management RM RMIS Risk Management Information Systems s Range of Motion ROM Return-To-Work RTW Prescription Rx Special Account Instructions SAI Special Handling Instructions SHI Second Injury Fund SIF Schedule Loss of Use SLU Social Security SS SSDB Social Security Disability Benefits Social Security Disability Insurance SSDI Supplemental Security Income (disability payments for people without SSI enough reported earnings to qualify for SSDB) Short Term Disability STD Surgery Sx Transitional Assignment Form m TAF TD/TAD Transitional Duty/ Transitional Alternate Duty Third Party Administrator TPA Temporary Partial Disability TPD Temporary Total Disability. Temporarily not able to work. TTD Treatment Tx Valued As Of (a certain date) VAO Work Ability Form WAF Workers Compensation WC Workers Compensation Board WCB