What is an Age of Injury (AOI) Report?
An age of injury report from a Radiologist will review the MRI report and the actual MRI images and relate reported findings to a specific time frame and draw a conclusion whether the findings described are related or unrelated with the injury. • What kind of conclusions may a claims manager expect from an Age of Injury (AOI) report? The specially trained radiologist will give an opinion based on the findings of an MRI and knowledge of date of injury in one of three categories. a) Not related to date of injury (DOI) b) Indeterminate c) Related to date of injury (DOI) • What percentage will be in the indeterminate category? Initial experience is less than 10 percent. • Can we provide additional help in the indeterminate category? Yes, we can further subdivide into: a) Indeterminate, but probably unrelated to date of injury (DOI) b) Indeterminate, but probably related to date of injury (DOI) So that when completed less than 5 percent of our initial reports will be completely indeterminat
