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• Change of chapter title from Central and Peripheral Nervous System to The Nervous System
• Adherence to the principles of the AMA Guides, Sixth Edition by promoting the concept of Diagnosis Based Impairment
• Conformity of tables with all other Guides chapters
• Identification of a Key Factor: Effect on ADLs consistent with known natural history of the diagnosis
• Introduction of Grades within Classes along with Grade Modifiers 
  • 3-Grade system with Grade A as the foundation
  • BOTC that can be used to Adjust Grade within Class
• Update of the following Tables in conformity to the Guides Principle of Simplicity:
  • To maintain consistency with Chapter 14 Digital 2022, The GAF has been incorporated into the MSCHIF as the MSCHIF-E
  • Aphasia has been incorporated into the Mental Status Examination within the MSCHIF-E
  • Modifies Episodic Disorders of Consciousness into Episodic Disorders
  • Consolidates 3 Tables on Pain into one (Neuropathic Pain)
  • Defers Central Sleep Disorders to Chapter 14, consistent with the DSM-5
• Creation of the QuickView Worksheet to improve Inter-Rater Reliability
• Creation of a BOTC that is not burdensome on the evaluator

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100340

International Academy of Independent Medical Evaluators

The words “with normal motion” be removed from all sections in which it appears in Tables 15-2, 15-3, 15-4, and 15-5; elimination of the footnote from the DBI tables that says: “*If motion loss is present, this impairment may alternatively be assessed using Section 15.7, Range of Motion Impairment. A range of motion impairment stands alone and is not combined with diagnosis impairment.”

Revision of section 15-7 (and 15-3b) to reinforce DBI as preferred method, but, when presented with decreased ROM, a rater can consider that as an alternative method when the impairment isn’t able to be rated with the DBI paradigm.

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100060

North American Spine Society

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100160

American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Revisions to the ENT Chapter of the Guides that address:

• Rotary Chair Testing
• New dysphagia example
• Inclusion of videonystagmography

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