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85% of TBI’s are Missed

According to Jim Mathis, insurance expert: State Farm and Allstate’s annual analysis of types of injury being submitted for demand, compared to what was actually in the medical records (doctors and nursing notes), 85% of records had descriptions of a TBI, but TBI was not in the attorney’s demands.

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 The reasons may include:

• The patient was not worked up with objective diagnostic findings by the doctor (positive EEG-ERP, positive CT, or positive MRI).

• TBI or Concussion is not entered into the diagnosis coding section by the physician.

• When diagnosed with Concussion or TBI the attorney misses entering it into the demand.

• The patient did not receive nor was recommended treatment for concussion/TBI.

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Solution:  An EEG-ERP is a test that we can be performed even at the patient’s home.