Texas Administrative Code
Title 28 - INSURANCE
Part 2 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE, DIVISION OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION
Chapter 102 - PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES-GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 102.7 - Abbreviations
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
When used in this title, the following terms may be abbreviated as follows:
(1) Additional Lost Time - ALT;
(2) Average Weekly Wage - AWW;
(3) Benefit Review Conference - BRC;
(4) Contested Case Hearing (also Benefit Contested Case Hearing) - CCH.
(5) Death Benefits - DBs;
(6) Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation - division or DWC;
(7) Electronic Data Interchange - EDI
(8) Health Care Provider - provider or HCP;
(9) Impairment Income Benefits - IIBs;
(10) Impairment Rating - IR;
(11) Injured Employee - employee;
(12) Insurance Carrier - carrier;
(13) Lifetime Income Benefits - LIBs;
(14) Maximum Medical Improvement - MMI;
(15) Office of Injured Employee Counsel - OIEC;
(16) Post Injury Earnings (also Weekly Earnings After the Injury) - PIE;
(17) Required Medical Exam - RME;
(18) Return to Work - RTW;
(19) Supplemental Income Benefits - SIBs;
(20) Temporary Income Benefits - TIBs;
(21) Texas Workers' Compensation Act - the Act or the Statute; and
(22) Texas Workers' Compensation Commission - TWCC or the Commission.