Common Terms & Abbreviations
| Average weekly wage | AWW |
| Benefit review conference | BRC |
| Benefit review officer | BRO |
| Contested case hearing | CCH (also benefit contested case hearing) |
| Contested case hearing officer | CCHO (also benefit contested case hearing officer) |
| Death benefits | DBs |
| Division of Workers' Compensation | DWC or the division |
| Documentation of Procedure | DOP |
| Durable Medical Equipment | DME |
| Workers' comp health care network | HCN |
| Health care provider | HCP |
| Impairment income benefits | IIBs |
| Impairment rating | IR |
| Injured employee | Employee |
| Insurance carrier | Carrier |
| Lifetime income benefits | LIBs |
| Maximum medical improvement | MMI |
| Post injury earnings | PIE (also weekly earnings after the injury) |
| Required medical examination | RME |
| Research & Oversight Council on Workers' Compensation* | ROC |
| Return-to-work | RTW |
| Supplemental income benefits | SIBs |
| Temporary income benefits | TIBs |
| Texas Department of Insurance | TDI |
| Texas Workers' Compensation Act | Texas Labor Code, "the Act," or "the Statute" |
| Texas Workers' Compensation Commission** | TWCC or the commission |
*NOTE: The Research & Oversight Council on Workers' Compensation (the ROC) was discontinued in 2003; however, many workers' compensation-related articles and websites still refer to it and its reports.
**NOTE: House Bill 7 disbanded the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission (TWCC), effective September 1, 2005, and moved most of its functions to the Division of Workers' Compensation at the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI).