Chiropractor Orthopedic Tests: Digital Coding by HJ Ross

Chiropractors and health practitioners use a variety of diagnostic tests to help identify the specific nature of musculoskeletal injury or condition. Orthopedic tests aid to identify specific conditions and diagnosis.

This section has a variety of common orthopedic tests, how they are performed, what they indicate when positive and the potential diagnosis as a result. Corresponding codes for ICD9 and ICD10 are displayed for each test.

They are listed by body region as well as alphabetic list below.

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Cervical

Orthopedic Test	Bikele's Sign
Method	With the patient outstretching the arm upward and backward with the elbow fully flexed, extending the elbow causes resistance and increased radicular pain from the cervicothoracic region. Because of the stretch this action puts on the brachial plexus nerve roots or their covering, it results in brachial plexus neuritis or meningitis symptomatology when this sign is present.
Diagnosis Indication	Cervical nerve root lesion
ICD9	353.2
ICD10	G54.2

Orthopedic Test	Bikele's Sign
Method	With the patient outstretching the arm upward and backward with the elbow fully flexed, extending the elbow causes resistance and increased radicular pain from the cervicothoracic region. Because of the stretch this action puts on the brachial plexus nerve roots or their covering, it results in brachial plexus neuritis or meningitis symptomatology when this sign is present.
Diagnosis Indication	Radiculopathy occipito-atlanto-axial region (neuritis)
ICD9	723.4
ICD10	M54.11

Orthopedic Test	Bikele's Sign
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Bikele's Sign
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Brachial Plexus Tension Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Brachial Plexus Tension Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Brachial Plexus Tension Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Brachial Plexus Tension Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Distraction Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Distraction Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Brachial Plexus Tension Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Bikele's Sign
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Bakody's Sign
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Bakody's Sign
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Bakody's Sign
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Bakody's Sign
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Bakody's Sign
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Distraction Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Distraction Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Distraction Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Distraction Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Distraction Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Distraction Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Distraction Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Distraction Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Distraction Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Jackson Compression Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Jackson Compression Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Jackson Compression Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Jackson Compression Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Jackson Compression Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Max Compression Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Max Compression Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Max Compression Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Max Compression Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Max Compression Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Shoulder Depression Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Shoulder Depression Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Shoulder Depression Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Shoulder Depression Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Shoulder Depression Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Shoulder Depression Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Shoulder Depression Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Shoulder Depression Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Shoulder Depression Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Shoulder Depression Test
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ICD10

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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Spurling's Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Spurling's Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Spurling's Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Spurling's Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Spurling's Test
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ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Swallowing Test
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Diagnosis Indication
ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Soto Hall Test
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Diagnosis Indication
ICD10

Orthopedic Test	Maigne's Test
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Diagnosis Indication
ICD10