Across
- 3. Insurance program for injured employees
- 6. Occurs when nerves are injured, disrupting signals between the brain and body
- 7. Retirement benefit that L&I may help manage for injured workers
- 9. "pinched nerve"
- 10. What L&I conducts to ensure workplaces meet safety standards
- 13. Buildup of calcium in body tissues, causing them to harden
- 15. Relating to a job or profession
- 20. What a worker might report after a workplace accident
- 21. Degenerative joint disease where the protective cartilage cushioning your bones wears down
- 22. Process of identifying a disease, condition, or injury from its signs and symptoms.
Down
- 1. Automated processing of insurance claims using software and predefined rules to determine payment, denial, or flagging for manual reviewWAGES: Payments made to employees for work performed
- 2. A diagnostic test that records the electrical signals muscles produce when they contract and when nerves stimulate them
- 4. Primary goal of L&I workplace inspections
- 5. medication primarily used to treat epilepsy and various forms of neuropathic pain
- 8. Partial dislocation of a joint
- 11. Comprehensive Symptom Evaluation Framework
- 12. Third-party reviewer for workers' compensation claims, ensuring injured workers receive appropriate, medically necessary, and efficient care by conducting utilization reviews
- 14. A special imaging test that uses a contrast dye (like a colored liquid or air) injected directly into a joint
- 16. a condition where the function or structure of tissues, cells, or organs gradually worsens or breaks down over time
- 17. Organ or fatty tissue pushes through a weak spot or opening in the surrounding muscle or connective tissue, often creating a bulge, especially in the abdomen or groin
- 18. Any disease or abnormal condition affecting a joint
- 19. Type of wage set for public works projects
