To be classified under recovery care, the functional outcome score (such as NDI) must be at least what percent?

• A. 10% or higher
• B. 15% or higher
• C. 22% or higher
• D. 21% or higher

Answer: (D)

Understanding how functional outcome scores translate into care pathways is key here. The Neck Disability Index (NDI) is a percent scale where higher numbers mean greater functional impairment. When a program sets a category like recovery care, it uses a threshold to decide who should be included in that level of care.

The requirement is that the score be at least 21%. That makes 21% and every higher value eligible for recovery care, ensuring those with meaningful, but not extreme, disability are appropriately routed to more intensive recovery resources. Lower thresholds would pull in patients with only mild symptoms, while a higher single value like 22% would still fit the rule, but 21% is the minimum that satisfies the criterion of “at least this percent.”