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Rehabilitation, Compensation and Systems Support Group

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16 September 2011

RELEASE NOTES - CCPS VERSION 2011/08

Version 20 — 11/0 — 8 of the Medical Knowledge Base for CCPS was released into production today.  This Bulletin provides a summary of the amended SOPs that this version of CCPS incorporates.

New SOPs incorporated into CCPS	Nil
SOP amendments incorporated into CCPS	Anxiety disorder Depressive disorder Intervertebral disc prolaps — e Ischaemic heart disease Lumbar spondylosis Spondylolisthesis and Spondylolysis
Enhancements of CCPS Rulebase and commentary	Alzheimer-type dementia Osteoarthritis
Additional SOP amendments incorporated - not noteworthy	Sensorineural hearing loss

New SOPs incorporated into CCPS

Nil

SOP amendments incorporated into CCPS

For information on the following SoPs refer to SoP Bulletin No. 142 of 10 May 2010

Anxiety disorder

• The severe childhood abuse factor has been incorporated - onset only, both RH and BOP

Depressive disorder

• The severe childhood abuse factor has been incorporated - onset only, both RH and BOP

Intervertebral disc prolapse

• The changes to the  flying aircraft factors have been incorporated.

Lumbar spondylosis

• The changes to the  flying aircraft factors have been incorporated.

Spondylolisthesis and Spondylolysis

• The reference to spondylolysis has been removed from the lumbar spondylosis factor.

For information on the following SoPs refer to SoP Bulletin No. 147 of 8 November 2010

Ischaemic heart disease

• The updated pesticide factors have been incorporated.

Enhancements of CCPS Rulebase and commentary

For information on the following SoPs refer to SoP Bulletin No. 142 of 10 May 2010

Alzheimer-type dementia

• Name change from Alzheimer's disease to Alzheimer-type dementia.
• Completely new Rulebase incorporating the multiple new onset factors including smoking.

For information on the following SoPs refer to SoP Bulletin No. 141 of 10 March 2010

Osteoarthritis

• Name change from Osteoarthrosis to Osteoarthritis.
• Several factors are now combined here in one factor, for factors involving a condition, and the requirement only to have had the condition before clinical onset/ worsening.
• Trauma factor has been changed to reflect '7 days' only now in both RH and BOP paths.
• Only some of the a — dditional new factors and changes to existing factors have been incorporated.

Additional amendments

For information on the following SoP refer to SoP Bulletin No. 148 of 5 January 2011

Sensorineural hearing loss

• The changes to the diagnostic protocol requirements regarding the inclusion of 6000 Hz has been updated.

Remember! If you are having any problems with SOPs, or SOPs in CCPS, talk to us!