The salvage decision
Every score, consult and note on whether to save the limb, in order, so the decision and its timing are on the page.
citedNewMissing Records Detection: flags every visit, provider, and date missing from the file. See how →
- Solutions
- Case types
- Amputation and limb loss
An amputation case is a lifetime of care. Much of it is already in the chart.
Medrecords AI follows the limb from the trauma bay through salvage, amputation, prosthetic fitting and rehab, and pulls every note that predicts future care. Every entry links to its page. The life care plan and the causation opinion stay with your experts.
- HIPAA, under a BAA
- SOC 2
- 100 pages a minute
- First case is free on us
1 leg, salvage to prosthesistap a point
Limb salvage
After amputation
12 Nov 2025ProsthetistAfter amputation
K3 functional level. Energy-storing foot recommended.
Illustrative case. The patient, dates and pages are fictional. The first 2 weeks are drawn wider than the months after.
7MESS
A Mangled Extremity Severity Score of 7 or more was linked to amputation in the original study.
Johansen et al., J Trauma, 19905K-levels
Medicare grades an amputee from K0 to K4 by expected function. The level decides which prosthesis is covered.
CMS LCD L337872.1Mpeople
Roughly how many people in the US live with limb loss.
Amputee Coalition100pages a minute
How fast Medrecords AI reads the file.
Medrecords AI
Where amputation cases turn
Limb salvage Limb salvage Limb salvage After amputation After amputation Both
6 places the defense looks first. The chronology gets you there before they do.
Liability may be clear. The fight is over the decisions in the first 2 weeks and the cost of the next 40 years. These are the points where the record answers both, each flagged with its page.
Infection and returns to the OR
Every washout, culture and complication between the injury and the amputation, with dates.
citedThe level of amputation
Why the surgeon chose the level, in the operative note's words. The level shapes every prosthesis that follows.
citedThe K-level
Every functional level the prosthetist and physicians record, dated, so the progression from K2 to K3 is visible.
CMS LCD L33787Future care
Sockets, feet, knees, liners, pain care and therapy the notes predict, collected for the life care planner.
future careThe records that never arrived
The prosthetist's fitting notes, the therapy discharge, the imaging a surgeon ordered. Listed with the page that points to each one.
missing-records list
Sample output
What comes back: salvage to prosthesis, every line cited.
| Date | Source | Finding | Page | Flag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Apr 2025, 14:10 | Trauma center | Open tibia fracture with arterial injury. Mangled Extremity Severity Score 8 recorded. | p. 8 | cited |
| 3 Apr 2025, 19:30 | Operative note | Vascular repair and external fixation. Limb salvage attempted. | p. 20 | cited |
| 9 Apr 2025 | Operative note | Deep infection. Washout and debridement. | p. 41 | cited |
| 18 Apr 2025 | Operative note | Below-knee amputation, right. | p. 63 | cited |
| Date | Source | Finding | Page | Flag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 May 2025 | Inpatient rehab | Residual limb healing. Transfers with 1 assist. | p. 88 | cited |
| 1 Jul 2025 | Prosthetist | Preparatory prosthesis fitted. K2 functional level documented. | p. 121 | K-level |
| 10 Sep 2025 | Physical medicine | Phantom limb pain. Medication started. | p. 150 | future care |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Prosthetist | K3 functional level. Energy-storing foot recommended. | p. 176 | K-level |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Prosthetist letter | New socket expected as limb volume changes. | p. 190 | future care |
Fictional case built for this page. Real output carries the same columns, with every page linked to the source PDF.
How it works
Send the file. Get the chronology back.
What you send
- Trauma, surgical and ICU records
- Rehab, therapy and physical medicine records
- Prosthetist notes and prescriptions
- Billing ledgers and itemized statements
- Any format: PDFs, scans, faxes, phone photos
What you get
- A page-cited chronology from the injury forward
- The salvage decision and the amputation level, in the surgeon's words
- K-levels in order, with dates
- Every future care note, collected for the life care plan
- A list of records the file refers to but does not contain
We lay out the record. Your experts plan the future.
We assemble and cite what the surgeons, prosthetists and therapists wrote. We do not say the limb could have been saved, project future costs or write the life care plan. Those belong to your medical experts and life care planner.
HIPAA, under a signed BAAEvery file is handled under our Business Associate Agreement.
SOC 2Encryption in transit and at rest, and PHI access logging on every event.
Never trains a modelYour records never train any AI model, ours or anyone else’s.
Deleted after deliveryFiles are deleted 30 days after delivery, with an audit log of every access.
Questions
Amputation injury record review, answered.
Do you say whether the limb could have been saved?
No. We lay out every score, consult and note on the salvage decision in order, with pages. Whether another decision was possible is an opinion for your surgical expert.
Can you help the life care planner?
Yes. Every note that predicts future care, from prostheses and sockets to pain care and therapy, is collected with its page and date. The plan and its costs stay with the planner.
What is a K-level and why do you track it?
It is the functional level Medicare uses to decide which prosthesis is covered, from K0 to K4. We list every K-level the record documents, dated, so the progression is easy to see.
Do you retrieve records from providers?
No. Medrecords AI does not retrieve records from providers or facilities. You bring the records you already have, and review starts in minutes from upload.
Related case types
Send us 1 amputation file. The first case is free on us.
Book a short demo. After it we open trial access on one of your own cases, the first one free on us, with the chronology back page-cited.