# Medical records summarizer
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Summarize and analyze medical records chronologically for US personal injury (PI) litigation.

Summarize and analyze medical records chronologically for US personal injury (PI) litigation. Use when building a medical chronology, analyzing causation, assessing pre-existing conditions, identifying treatment gaps, reviewing diagnostic results, or preparing a damages timeline for a PI case. Covers all PI record categories: EMS/ED records, treating physician notes, operative reports, imaging, physical therapy, pharmacy records, prior workers' compensation files, IME/DME reports, and billing. Produces a structured medical chronology with ICD-10 classification, treatment intensity mapping, gap analysis, eggshell/aggravation analysis, causation narrative, and Daubert readiness assessment. Applicable to plaintiff and defense counsel, insurance adjusters, and medical-legal consultants. Jurisdiction-agnostic within the US; jurisdiction markers for Daubert vs. Frye states.

This skill organizes, analyzes, and summarizes medical records for US personal injury litigation. It produces a structured chronology, causation narrative, and damages timeline suitable for settlement demands, expert briefings, and trial preparation. **Covers:** - Chronological organization of all medical records across multiple providers - ICD-10 diagnosis code classification (traumatic vs. degenerative; injury vs. sequela) - Treatment intensity mapping (conservative / moderate / aggressive phases) - Diagnostic testing summary (imaging, electrodiagnostics, labs, functional assessments) - Treatment gap identification and legal risk classification - Pre-existing condition analysis (eggshell plaintiff / aggravation / crumbling skull) - Causation chain documentation and Daubert readiness assessment - Damages timeline support (past medicals, future care, lost wages, non-economic losses) - Quality verification with provider credibility assessment - Expert support recommendations **Does not:** - Provide medical diagnoses or clinical opinions - Replace qualified medical experts or life care planners - Guarantee admissibility of any causation theory under Daubert or Frye - Apply outside the US (different medical record systems and evidentiary standards apply) - Cover workers' compensation benefit calculations (separate framework required) - Handle criminal restitution medical evidence (different procedural rules) **Related skills:** - `legalcode-damages-calculation` — Quantifying economic and non-economic damages - `legalcode-early-case-assessment` — Overall PI exposure modeling ...

## Jurisdictions

Global



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