Below is a list of commonly used acronyms and terms you may encounter with Workers' Compensation:
- ADL Activities of Daily Living
- Adj Adjuster
- ADR Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Admin Review Administrative Review Program
- AMA Guides American Medical Association Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment
- AOE/COE Arising out of or in course of employment
- AWW Average Weekly Wages
- BAW Body as a Whole (for impairment ratings)
- BWC Bureau of Workers’ Compensation
- C-20 1st Report of Injury Form C-20
- C-23 Notice of Denial of Claim Form C-23
- C-27 Notice of Controversy Form C-27
- C-29 Final Report of Payment Form C-29
- C-31 Medical Waiver and Consent Form-31
- C-40 Request for Assistance/Mediation Form C-40
- C-41 Wage Statement Form C-41
- C-42 Choice of Physician Form C-42
- CM Medical Case Management
- CMS Center for Medicare/Medicaid Services
- CPT Code Current Procedural Terminology Code (Registered Trademark of the AMA)
- CR Compensation Rate
- CRPS Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
- CTS Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- CWCC Court of Workers’ Compensation Claims
- DCN Dispute Certification Notice
- D/D Doubtful and Disputed
- DFWP Drug Free Workplace Program
- DO Doctor of Osteopathy
- DOA Date of Accident
- DOI Date of Injury
- DSM Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
- DVT Deep Vein Thrombosis
- EDI Electronic Data Interchange
- E/C Employer/Carrier
- EE Employee
- EER/ER Employer
- EOB Explanation of Benefits
- EMEEF Employee Misclassification Education and Enforcement Fund
- EMG Electromyography
- FCE Functional Capacity Evaluation
- Fee Schedule Tennessee’s Workers’ Comp. Medical Fee Schedule
- FROI First Report of Injury
- F/U Follow-up visit
- Fx Fracture
- GPCI Geographic Practice Cost Index
- GI Gastro-intestinal
- HA Headache
- HNP Herniated Nucleus Pulposus (herniated disc)
- HR Heart Rate
- Hx History
- ICD.10 International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision
- IR Impairment Rating
- IW Injured Worker
- LBP Lower Back Pain
- LD Light Duty
- LLE Left Lower Extremity
- LTD Long Term Disability
- LUE Left Upper Extremity
- Med only Medical claim, no lost work time
- MEDD Morphine Equivalent Daily Dose
- MFS Medical Fee Schedule
- MIRR Medical Impairment Rating Registry
- MMI Maximum Medical Improvement
- Mod rate Experience rate used in determining WC premiums
- MRO Medical Review Officer
- MVA Motor Vehicle Accident
- NCCI National Council on Compensation Insurance
- NCM Nurse Case Manager
- OOF Off of work
- OT Occupational Therapy
- OTC Over the counter drugs
- OV Office Visit
- PBD Petition for Benefit Determination
- Dx Diagnosis
- PCP Primary Care Physician
- PPD Permanent Partial Disability
- PPI Permanent Partial Impairment
- PRN Per required need
- PT Physical Therapy
- PTD Permanent Total Disability
- PTSD Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- RCT Rotator Cuff Tear
- RFI Request for Investigation
- RLE Right Lower Extremity
- R/O Rule out
- ROM Range of Motion
- RPS Regional Pain Syndrome
- RSA Request for Settlement Approval
- RTW Return to work
- RUE Right Upper Extremity
- RVU Relative Value Unit for Medical Fee Schedule
- Rx Prescription
- SD-1 Statistical Data Form for settled claims
- SFN State File number
- SIF Second Injury Fund
- SOL Statute of Limitations
- IME Independent Medical Evaluation
- SROI Subsequent Report of Injury
- SSA Social Security Administration
- SSD Social Security Disability
- STD Short Term Disability
- Sx Symptom
- TCA Tennessee Code Annotated
- TDLWD Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development
- TIA Transient ischemic attack (stroke)
- TKA Total Knee Arthroplasty (Replacement)
- TOSHA Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- TPA Third Party Administrator
- TPD Temporary Partial Disability
- TTD Temporary Total Disability
- Tx Treatment
- UE Upper Extremity
- UEF Uninsured Employers Fund
- UR Utilization Review
- WC Workers’ Compensation
- WCRI Workers’ Compensation Research Institute
- WNL Within normal limits
- WPI Whole Person Impairment
- W/U Work-up