When used in this title, the following terms may be abbreviated as follows:(1) Additional Lost Time - ALT;(2) Average Weekly Wage - AWW;(3) Benefit Review Conference - BRC;(4) Contested Case Hearing (also Benefit Contested Case Hearing) - CCH.(5) Death Benefits - DBs;(6) Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation - division or DWC;(7) Electronic Data Interchange - EDI(8) Health Care Provider - provider or HCP;(9) Impairment Income Benefits - IIBs;(10) Impairment Rating - IR;(11) Injured Employee - employee;(12) Insurance Carrier - carrier;(13) Lifetime Income Benefits - LIBs;(14) Maximum Medical Improvement - MMI;(15) Office of Injured Employee Counsel - OIEC;(16) Post Injury Earnings (also Weekly Earnings After the Injury) - PIE;(17) Required Medical Exam - RME;(18) Return to Work - RTW;(19) Supplemental Income Benefits - SIBs;(20) Temporary Income Benefits - TIBs;(21) Texas Workers' Compensation Act - the Act or the Statute; and(22) Texas Workers' Compensation Commission - TWCC or the Commission.