You may find value in this list of diagnostic codes commonly used in chiropractic offices, sorted by body regions.
This page also includes all the *new* headache codes, although cervicogenic headache still has yet to make it to the list.
NOTE: You’ll have to scroll down towards the bottom for the new headache codes.
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The difference between the chiropractic and the medical approaches to health care is never more clear than with the treatment of Radiculopathy.
The medical approach entails their version of “conservative” treatment (such as physical therapy, medications, and selective spinal injections) for six to eight weeks. Then, if their conservative treatment does not alleviate the pain, decompressive surgery, such as laminectomy and/or discectomy/microdiscectomy, may be recommended.
Chiropractors aptly describe radiculopathy as “nerve root irritation”, and the chiropractic approach for resolution is straightforward. If you have a rock in your shoe, and your foot hurts…. do you need physical therapy, medications, or spinal injections? NO!!!
You need your doctor (who is supposed to be the Sherlock Holmes of illness) to determine the CAUSE of the nerve root irritation (the rock), and to remove that obstacle from your path, so you can return to health.
Review the Radiculopathy Page for more on this topic.
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John’s recent post on the de-listing of chiropractic generated a lot of interest and comments from DCs, MDs and RMTs.
In the USA, Chiropractic has been included in several managed care programs, and a recent review of 70,274 member-months over a 7-year period within an IPA demonstrated:
The authors concluded that:
The Cost-Effectiveness of Chiropractic Page contains many more prospective studies going back to 1985 that demonstrate the cost savings associated with chiropractic care.
April 10, 2009 — A study in the May issue of Consumer Reports shows that hands-on therapies were tops among treatments for relief of back pain. The study, which surveyed more than 14,000 consumers, was conducted by the Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center.
According to the report, the survey respondents tried a variety of different treatments and rated the treatments on how helpful and satisfied they were with the results. The report concluded that hands-on therapies were the top-rated.
The report states that, “eighty-eight percent of those who tried chiropractic manipulation said it helped a lot, and 59 percent were ‘completely’ or ‘very’ satisfied with their chiropractor.”
Source: Consumer Reports, www.consumerreports.org
The Results at a glance:
Professional Highly satisfied Chiropractor 59% Physical therapist 55% Acupuncturist 53% Physician, specialist 44% Physician, primary-care doctor 34% Read the full report. There are many more articles like this at the Patient Satisfaction Page
Informed Consent involves discussing the illness or complaint with the patient, and then reviewing risks and benefits of all the treatments that are available for that complaint. Unless your doctor has provided ALL that information, you have not been properly informed.
Conservative chiropractic care is much safer for musculoskeletal complaints (neck or back pain etc) than standard medical management, which usually includes pain pills, muscle relaxants, and occasionally physical therapy (exercises).
Chiropractors often hear from patients that medical care either didn’t help, or even made the patient’s feel worse.
Unfortunately, the total number of deaths caused by conventional medicine is an astounding 783,936 per year, and you may want to learn more about that at our Iatrogenic Injury Page before you choose medical care for your complaint.
You shouldn’t choose ANY form of care until you know ALL the risks.
In study after study, Chiropractic demonstrates superior results in the relief of chronic neck pain compared to acupuncture or medical management.
In one recent study chiropractic scored the highest relief rating (7.33 out of 10), scoring higher than the relief provided by either nerve blocks (6.75) or opioid analgesics (6.37).
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