Criteria: Table 17-2 Cervical Spine Regional Grid: Spine Impairments (564-566), Table 17-5 Adjustment Grid: Summary (575), Table 17-6 Functional History Adjustment: Spine (575), Table 17-7 Physical Examination Adjustment: Spine (576), Table 17-9 Clinical Studies Adjustment: Spine (581)
Accurately define diagnosis and assess causal relationship. Including significance and consistency of clinical findings, with particular focus on levels involved, neurogenic claudication, and radiculopathy. Impairment is based primarily on levels involved, neurogenic claudication, and radiculopathy. Assure accuracy of adjustment factors, net adjustment calculation, and grade modification. Figure 17-2 (561) summarizes findings. Note revisions provided in “Corrections and Clarifications” (AMA Press, August 2008) to the Spine Regional Grids.
