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DOCUMENT 1
Record information – Life Skills
Profile (LSP - 16)
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Recent updates .................................................................................................................... 4
2
Before you start .................................................................................................................... 5
3
Understand the life skills profile (LSP - 16) ....................................................................... 6
4
Record LSP-16 information in PACE ................................................................................. 7
5
Next steps ............................................................................................................................. 8

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This article provides guidance for a local area coordinator, early childhood coordinator and
all NDIA staff (planner, payment officer, internal review officer, complaints officer,
participant service officer, access officer, quality officer, technical advisor, SDA officer,
NCC officer, provider support) to:

  understand the life skills profile (LSP - 16)
  record LSP - 16 information in PACE.

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1 Recent updates

July 2023
Update to system steps and language to align with PACE and knowledge consistency.

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2  Before you start

You have:
  read the article Understand functional capacity assessments
  read the article Create a new functional capacity assessment case.

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3 Understand the life skills profile (LSP - 16)

The life skills profile considers areas such as social relationships, and an individual’s ability to
complete day-to-day tasks. Its focus is on the person’s general functioning and disability, rather
than their symptoms.
The four sub-scales in the LSP-16 are:

 withdrawal

 self-care

 compliance

 anti-social
behaviour.

The total score can range from 0 to 48, increasing with the severity of the impact of the
disability.

An allied health professional will complete the assessment. You will enter the received
assessment score in PACE.

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4 Record LSP-16 information in PACE

To record an LSP-16 assessment, complete the following PACE steps at the Select Tools step
in the Functional Capacity Assessment:
1. Select
No to Carry out a new assessment.
2. Select
Yes to Manually enter scores.
3. Select
Life Skills Profile (LSP-16).
4. Select
Next.
5. Enter
Assessment completion date.
6. Enter
Score.
7. Select
Next.
8. Check
the
Confirmation details.
9. Select
Done.

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DOCUMENT 2
Record assessment - PEDI-CAT
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Table of Contents

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Recent updates .................................................................................................................... 4
2
Before you start .................................................................................................................... 5
3
Understand and record a PEDI-CAT assessment ............................................................. 6
4
Next steps ............................................................................................................................. 8

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This article provides guidance for a local area coordinator, early childhood coordinator and
all NDIA staff (planner, payment officer, internal review officer, complaints officer,
participant service officer, access officer, quality officer, technical advisor, SDA officer,
NCC officer, provider support) to:
  understand a PEDI-CAT assessment
  understand the difference between a new assessment and manually entered score
  complete a new PEDI-CAT assessment
  record a manual PEDI-CAT assessment.
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18 December 2023
Update to include the transfer of work instruction on PACE for PEDI-CAT domain manual score
entry.

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3  Understand and record a PEDI-CAT assessment

The PEDI-CAT assessment

A PEDI-CAT assessment helps us understand a child’s ability to complete tasks in their daily
life.
We use the PEDI-CAT assessment with children younger than 6. Sometimes, we use PEDI-
CAT for children aged 7-16 if there isn’t another tool available.

The difference between a new assessment and manually entered score

You complete a New PEDI-CAT assessment in PACE. You begin by creating a new Functional
Capacity Assessment case. PACE will direct you to an external Pearson site. Pearson will
automatically populate a score based on answers to the questions.
A Manual PEDI-CAT assessment is one completed outside of Pearson. You will enter the score
in PACE. For example, a parent might give you a PEDI-CAT assessment from their child’s
doctor.
Note: If you receive a PEDI-CAT assessment score from within the last 3 months, use this to
update the manually entered score. If the PEDI-CAT assessment score is from more than 3
months ago, use Pearson to get a new assessment score.

Complete a new PEDI-CAT assessment

To record a New PEDI-CAT assessment, complete the following PACE steps.
From the functional capacity assessment view:
1. Select
Yes to Carry out a new assessment.
2. Select
No to Manually enter scores.
3. Select
PEDICAT or PEDICAT-ASD.
4. Select
Next.
5.  Confirm details are correct.
6. Select
Launch PEDI-CAT to open in Pearson.
7.  Complete online PEDI-CAT assessment.
8.  Once completed, return to PACE and select Check status to refresh.
9. Select
Save for later or Next.
10.  Check confirmation details.
11. Select Done.
Note: Don’t open a new assessment if you do not intend on completing it that day.

Record a manual PEDI-CAT assessment

To record a manual PEDI-CAT assessment, complete the following PACE steps.
At the Select Tools step in the Functional Capacity Assessment:
1. Select
No to Carry out a new assessment.
2. Select
Yes to Manually enter scores.
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3. Select
PEDICAT or PEDICAT ASD.
4. Select
Next.
5. Enter
Assessment completion date.
6. Enter
all
Domain Scaled Scores.
o  Add the numerical scores into the domain fields.Note: For children younger
than 3 years, record the PEDI-CAT Responsibility Domain as 0. This is
because domain scaled scores are not completed for children younger than 3
years old.
7. Enter
all
Domain T Scores.
o  When the T score generates and displays as less than 10, record the score as
1 in PACE.
o  When the T score generates greater than or equal to 10, record the exact
score in PACE.Note: For children younger than 3 years, record the PEDI-CAT
Responsibility Domain as 0. This is because domain T scores are not
completed for children younger than 3 years old.
8. Enter
all
Domain Age Percentiles.
Note: This score will show as either an exact number or a percentile band dependent on
version used.
o If
exact score, enter as displayed.
o  When the age percentile generates and displays as less than the 5th
percentile, record the score as 1 in PACE.
o For
age percentile 5 to 25, record the lower percentile (5) or the number
displayed.
o For
age percentile 25 to 50, record the lower percentile (25).
o For
age
percentile 50 to 75, record the lower percentile (50).
o For
age
percentile 75 or above, record 75.
Note: For children younger than 3 years, record the PEDI-CAT Responsibility
Domain as 0. This is because domain age percentiles are not completed for
children younger than 3 years old.
9. Select
Next.
10. Check the Confirmation details. Select Done.
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DOCUMENT 3
Record information - level of lesion
assessment
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Table of Contents

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Recent updates .................................................................................................................... 4
2
Before you start .................................................................................................................... 5
3
Understand and record a level of lesion assessment ...................................................... 6
4
Next steps ............................................................................................................................. 7

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This article provides guidance for a local area coordinator, early childhood coordinator and
all NDIA staff (planner, payment officer, internal review officer, complaints officer,
participant service officer, access officer, quality officer, technical advisor, SDA officer,
NCC officer, provider support) to:

 understand a level of lesion assessment
 record information about level of lesion in PACE.

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1 Recent updates

July 2023
Update to system steps and language to align with PACE and knowledge consistency

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2  Before you start

You have:

 read
Our Guidelines – applying to the NDIS
  read the article Understand functional capacity assessments
  read the article Create a functional capacity assessment case.

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3  Understand and record a level of lesion assessment

A level of lesion assessment helps identify the injured vertebrae related to a spinal injury. This
usually follows a traumatic injury from situations such as a:

 diving
accident
  horse riding accident
  car, motorbike, or other vehicle accident.

An allied health professional completes the assessment. You will enter the assessment score in
PACE.

Level of lesion sections

The level of lesion assessment groups vertebrae into sections. The higher the injury on the
spinal cord, the more dysfunction can occur for the person. These sections are:

  high cervical nerves (C1 – C4)
  low cervical nerves (C5 – C8)
  thoracic nerves (T1 – T12)
  lumbar nerves (L1 – L5)
  sacral nerves (S1 – S5).

Record level of lesion information

To enter a level of lesion assessment, at the Select Tools step in the Functional Capacity
Assessment:

1. Select
No to Carry out a new assessment.
2. Select
Yes to Manually enter scores.
3. Select
Level of Lesion.
4. Select
Next.
5. Enter
Assessment completion date.
6. Select
Score or rating.
7. Select
Next.
8. Check
the
Confirmation details.
9. Select
Done.

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DOCUMENT 4
Record information – the Care and
Needs Scale
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Table of Contents

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Recent updates .................................................................................................................... 4
2
Before you start .................................................................................................................... 5
3
Understand and record the Care and Needs Scale .......................................................... 6
4
Next steps ............................................................................................................................. 7

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This article provides guidance for a local area coordinator, early childhood coordinator and
all NDIA staff (planner, payment officer, internal review officer, complaints officer,
participant service officer, access officer, quality officer, technical advisor, SDA officer,
NCC officer, provider support) to:

 understand the Care and Needs Scale
 record information from the Care and Needs Scale.

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1 Recent updates

July 2023
Updated to align with current steps in PACE.

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2 Before you start

You have:

 read
Our Guidelines – applying to the NDIS
 read
article
Understand functional capacity assessments
 read
article
Create a new functional capacity assessment case.
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3 Understand and record the Care and Needs Scale

We use the care and needs scale for people older than 16 years with traumatic brain injury. The
scale has 8 categories to measure the support level a person needs. An allied health
professional completes the assessment. You enter the assessment score in PACE.

Record the Care and Needs Scale information

To record a Care and Needs Scale assessment, at the Select Tools step in the Functional
Capacity Assessment:

1. Select
No to Carry out a new assessment.
2. Select
Yes to Manually enter scores.
3. Select
The Care and Needs Scale (CANS).
4. Select
Next.
5. Enter
Assessment completion date.
6. Select Score or rating.
7. Select
Next.
8. Check
the
Confirmation details.
9. Select
Done.

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DOCUMENT 5
Record information - Vineland
Adaptive Behaviour Scales
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Table of Contents

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Recent updates .................................................................................................................... 4
2
Before you start .................................................................................................................... 5
3
Understand and record Vineland 2 and 3 .......................................................................... 6
4
Next steps ............................................................................................................................. 8

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This article provides guidance for a local area coordinator, early childhood coordinator and
all NDIA staff (planner, payment officer, internal review officer, complaints officer,
participant service officer, access officer, quality officer, technical advisor, SDA officer,
NCC officer, provider support) to:

  understand Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scales second edition (Vineland 2)
  understand Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scales third edition (Vineland 3)
  record a Vineland 2 or 3 assessment.

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1 Recent updates

July 2023
Updated Vineland 2 and Vineland 3 definitions.

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2  Before you start

You have:

 read
Our Guidelines – Applying to the NDIS
  read the article Understand functional capacity assessments
  read the article Create a new functional capacity assessment case.

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3  Understand and record Vineland 2 and 3

Vineland measures a person’s adaptive behaviour. It can be used for diagnosis support
for individuals with intellectual, developmental, and other disabilities.

Vineland 2

Vineland 2 assesses the personal and social skills needed for everyday living.

It assesses many domains. It provides an overall adaptive behaviour composite. The four core
Vineland 2 domains are:

 communication

  daily living skills
 socialisation

  motor skills.

Use the Vineland 2 assessment information the participant provides you with, and the table
below. This will determine the adaptive behaviour composite score to record in PACE:
Category
Option in PACE
Profound
Adaptive behaviour composite 25 and below
Severe
Adaptive behaviour composite 26 - 40
Moderate
Adaptive behaviour composite 41 - 55
Mild
Adaptive behaviour composite 56+

Vineland 3

This is a revised third version of the Vineland 2. It provides an overall adaptive behaviour
composite. The three core domains are:

 communication
 daily
living
skills
 socialisation.

Vineland 3 also offers optional motor skills and maladaptive behaviour domains for situations
where these areas are of concern.

Record a Vineland assessment in PACE

An allied health professional will complete the assessment. You will enter the results into PACE.
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Where a participant presents with a Vineland assessment, complete the following PACE steps:
At the Select Tools step in the Functional Capacity Assessment:

1. Select No to Carry out a new assessment.
2. Select Yes to Manually enter scores.
3. Select Vineland 2 or Vineland 3.
4. Select Next.
5. Enter Assessment completion date.
6. Select or enter Overall score or rating.

Note: For Vineland 2, select the relevant score range from the dropdown. For Vineland 3,
manually enter the score as a whole number, with no decimal places.

7. Select Next.
8. Check the Confirmation details.
9. Select Done.

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DOCUMENT 6
Record information from the DSM5 -
Autism
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Table of Contents

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Recent updates .................................................................................................................... 4
2
Before you start .................................................................................................................... 5
3
Understand and record a DSM-5 assessment ................................................................... 6

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This article provides guidance for a local area coordinator, early childhood coordinator and
all NDIA staff (planner, payment officer, internal review officer, complaints officer,
participant service officer, access officer, quality officer, technical advisor, SDA officer,
NCC officer, provider support) to:

  understand the DSM-5 assessment
  understand the DSM-5 – autism levels
  record the DSM-5 results.

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1 Recent updates

July 2023 Update to system steps and language to align with PACE and knowledge
consistency.

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2  Before you start

You have:

 read
Our Guidelines – applying to the NDIS
  read the article Understand functional capacity assessments
  read the article Create a new functional capacity assessment case.

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3  Understand and record a DSM-5 assessment

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) is a diagnostic manual.
Mental health professionals use it to diagnose and understand a range of diseases. This
includes autism.

A medical professional must complete the DSM-5 autism spectrum disorder assessment.

To learn more about recording the DSM-5 for intellectual disability, go to record information
from the DSM5 – intellectual disability.

The DSM5 – autism levels

A health professional determines the severity of autism using measures of social
communication and of restrictive, repetitive behaviours.

The DSM-5 Autism assessment allocates a person’s support needs into one of three levels:

  Level 1 - Requiring support
  Level 2 - Requiring substantial support
  Level 3 - Requiring very substantial support.

Record the DSM-5 results

Where a participant presents with a DSM-5 Autism assessment, complete the following PACE
steps:

At the Select Tools step in the Functional Capacity Assessment:
1. Select
No to Carry out a new assessment.
2. Select
Yes to Manually enter scores.
3. Select
Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-5) Autism.
4. Select
Next.
5. Enter
Assessment completion date.
6. Select
Score or Rating.
7. Select Next.
8. Check
the
Confirmation details.
9. Select
Done.

Next steps

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DOCUMENT 7
Record information from the DSM5 -
Intellectual Disability
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Recent updates .................................................................................................................... 4
2
Before you start .................................................................................................................... 5
3
Understand and record a DSM-5 intellectual disability assessment .............................. 6
4
The DSM-5 ID scale .............................................................................................................. 7
5
Record the DSM-5 ID results ............................................................................................... 8
6
Next steps ............................................................................................................................. 9

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This article provides guidance for a local area coordinator, early childhood coordinator and
all NDIA staff (planner, payment officer, internal review officer, complaints officer,
participant service officer, access officer, quality officer, technical advisor, SDA officer,
NCC officer, provider support) to:

  understand the DSM-5 intellectual disability (ID) assessment
  the DSM-5 ID scale
  record the DSM-5 ID results.

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July 2023
Update to system steps and language to align with PACE and knowledge consistency

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2  Before you start

You have:

 read
Our Guidelines – applying to the NDIS
  read the article Understand functional capacity assessments
  read the article Create a new functional capacity assessment case.

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3 Understand and record a DSM-5 intellectual
disability assessment

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) is a diagnostic manual used
by mental health professionals. They use it to diagnose and understand a range of diseases.
This includes intellectual disability (ID).

A medical professional must complete the DSM-5 ID assessment.

To learn more about recording the DSM-5 for autism, go to Record information from the
DSM5 – autism.

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4  The DSM-5 ID scale

  The DSM-5 ID uses two measures:
  cognitive function (IQ)
 adaptive
functioning.

It rates an individual by the following four-level scale:

  Mild level 1
  Moderate level 2
  Severe level 3
  Profound level 4.

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5 Record the DSM-5 ID results

Where a participant presents with a DSM-5 ID assessment, complete the following PACE steps:

At the Select Tools step in the Functional Capacity Assessment:

1. Select
No to Carry out a new assessment.
2. Select
Yes to Manually enter scores.
3. Select
Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-5) ID.
4. Select
Next.
5. Enter
Assessment completion date.
6. Select
Score.
7. Select
Next.
8. Check
the
Confirmation details.
9. Select
Done.

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DOCUMENT 8
Record information – Manual ability
classification system
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Table of Contents

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Recent updates .................................................................................................................... 4
2
Before you start .................................................................................................................... 5
3
Understand and record the manual ability classification system ................................... 6
4
Next steps ............................................................................................................................. 7

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This article provides guidance for a local area coordinator, early childhood coordinator and
all NDIA staff (planner, payment officer, internal review officer, complaints officer,
participant service officer, access officer, quality officer, technical advisor, SDA officer,
NCC officer, provider support) to:

 understand the manual ability classification system
 record a manual ability classification assessment in PACE.

Recent updates – 3
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1 Recent updates

July 2023
Update to system steps and language to align with PACE and knowledge consistency.

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2  Before you start

You have:

  read the article Understand functional capacity assessments
  read the article Create a new functional capacity assessment case.

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3 Understand and record the manual ability
classification system

The manual ability classification system is a way to measure a person’s ability to complete tasks
in daily life. It categorises the ability of people to handle objects in everyday life into five levels.
An allied health professional completes the assessment. You enter the details into PACE.

Record a Manual Ability Classification assessment in PACE

To record a manual ability classification assessment, at the Select Tools step in the
Functional Capacity Assessment:

1. Select
No to Carry out a new assessment.
2. Select
Yes to Manually enter scores.
3. Select
Manual Ability Classification System (MACS).
4. Select
Next.
5. Enter Assessment completion date.
6. Select
Score or rating.
7. Select
Next.
8. Check
the
Confirmation details.
9. Select
Done.

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DOCUMENT 9
Record a communication function
classification score
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Recent updates .................................................................................................................... 4
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Before you start .................................................................................................................... 5
3
Understand the communication function classification score ....................................... 6
4
Record information from the CFCS .................................................................................... 7
5
Next steps ............................................................................................................................. 8

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This article provides guidance for a local area coordinator, early childhood coordinator and
all NDIA staff (planner, payment officer, internal review officer, complaints officer,
participant service officer, access officer, quality officer, technical advisor, SDA officer,
NCC officer, provider support) to:

 understand the communication function classification score (CFCS)
 record information from the CFCS.

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1 Recent updates

July 2023

Update to system steps and language to align with PACE and knowledge consistency.

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2  Before you start

You have:

 read
Our Guidelines – applying to the NDIS
  read the article Understand functional capacity assessments
  read the article Create a new functional capacity assessment case.

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3 Understand the communication function
classification score

The communication function classification (CFCS) score is a 5-level classification tool. It
measures the level of support a person needs. We use the communication function
classification score for people with cerebral palsy. An allied health professional completes the
assessment.

You enter the assessment score in PACE.

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4  Record information from the CFCS

To record results of a CFCS, complete the following steps at the Select Tools step in the
Functional Capacity Assessment:
1. Select
No to Carry out a new assessment.
2. Select
Yes to Manually enter scores.
3. Select
Communication Function Classification Score (CFCS).
4. Select
Next.
5. Enter
Assessment completion date.
6. Select
Score or rating.
7. Select
Next.
8. Check
the
Confirmation details.
9. Select
Done.

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There are no further steps.
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Record information - Expanded
Disability Status Scale
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Table of Contents

1
Recent updates .................................................................................................................... 4
2
Before you start .................................................................................................................... 5
3
Understand and record an Expanded Disability Status Scale assessment ................... 6
4
Record EDSS information ................................................................................................... 7
5
Next steps ............................................................................................................................. 8

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This article provides guidance for a local area coordinator, early childhood coordinator and
all NDIA staff (planner, payment officer, internal review officer, complaints officer,
participant service officer, access officer, quality officer, technical advisor, SDA officer,
NCC officer, provider support) to:

 understand the Expanded Disability Status Scale
 record information about Expanded Disability Status Scale.

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1 Recent updates

July 2023
Update to system steps and language to align with PACE and knowledge consistency.

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2 Before you start

You have:

read
Our Guidelines – applying to the NDIS
 read
article
Understand functional capacity assessments
 read
article
Create a new functional capacity assessment case.

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3  Understand and record an Expanded Disability
Status Scale assessment

Understand the expanded disability status scale

The expanded disability status scale (EDSS) is a scale from 0 to 10:

  0 = no impairment
  10 = the greatest severity.

It measures disability in multiple sclerosis and monitors the change in the level of disability over
time.

It has a wide use in clinical trials and in assessing people with multiple sclerosis. It is based on
published research developed by John Kurtzke in 1983. [1]

To complete a multiple sclerosis assessment, use one of these sources in preference order:

  Disease steps: for all ages – provided by a medical professional or equivalent. To learn
more, go to article Record information – disease steps assessment.
  Multiple sclerosis severity tool: for all ages – patient determined disease steps
(PDDS), available on the NDIS intranet. Provided by a medical professional or
equivalent or completed internally.
  Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS): for all ages – provided by a medical
professional or equivalent.

Note: Evidence from a treating health professional should be from a neurologist or a disease
steps trained nurse examiner.

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4  Record EDSS information

To record results of an EDSS assessment, complete the following steps in PACE:

At the Select Tools step in the Functional Capacity Assessment:
1. Select
No to Carry out a new assessment.
2. Select
Yes to Manually enter scores.
3. Select
Expanded Disability Status Scale.
4. Select
Next.
5. Record
Assessment completion date.
6. Select
Score or rating.
7. Select
Next.
8. Check
the
Confirmation details.
9. Select
Done.

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5 Next steps

There are no further steps.

[1] Kurtzke JF. Rating neurological impairment in multiple sclerosis: an expanded disability
status scale (EDSS). Neurology. 1983;33(11):1444-1452
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