Medical chronology & records
Personal injury medical chronology
Medical chronology in PI practice
Direct answer
In personal injury practice a medical chronology serves the demand: it establishes that treatment began promptly, continued logically, escalated where indicated and produced documented findings. Unlike a clinical summary, it is built to be attached as an exhibit and cited from the narrative, so page references and gap handling matter as much as content.
NORBU Demand Editorial · Last reviewed 2026-08-31
What the demand needs from the chronology
- The interval between the incident and first treatment
- Continuity of complaint across providers
- Referral chains showing why care escalated
- Objective findings tied to the body regions claimed
- Discharge, plateau or return-to-baseline documentation
Handling gaps inside the chronology
Gaps belong in the chronology, marked as intervals, with any documented explanation attached. Hiding an interval does not remove it from the billing, and the billing is attached.
| Interval | Handling |
|---|---|
| Under 30 days | Usually unremarkable; no special treatment |
| 30-60 days | Note the interval and any documented reason |
| Over 60 days | Address explicitly in the narrative with support |
Integration with the exhibit set
The chronology should be paginated as part of the package and reference the same page numbers used everywhere else. When pagination changes at assembly, citations must be re-verified.
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