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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Iliac Compression Test
| Orthopedic Test | Iliac Compression Test |
| Method | With the subject lying in a supine position, the examiner presses the iliac crests together. If pain is felt over the joint the reaction is regarded as evidence of an intra-articular sacroiliac lesion. Forcible separation of the iliac crests is more likely to cause pain by stretching the anterior sacroiliac ligaments when the sacroiliac joint is affected. |
| Diagnosis Indication | Disorders of sacrum ankylosis or instability lumbosacral or sacroiliac joint |
| ICD9 | 724.6 |
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| Orthopedic Test | Iliac Compression Test |
| Method | With the subject lying in a supine position, the examiner presses the iliac crests together. If pain is felt over the joint the reaction is regarded as evidence of an intra-articular sacroiliac lesion. Forcible separation of the iliac crests is more likely to cause pain by stretching the anterior sacroiliac ligaments when the sacroiliac joint is affected. |
| Diagnosis Indication | Other specified dorsopathies, sacral and sacrococcygeal region (facet syndrome) |
| ICD9 | 724.6 |
| ICD10 | M53.88 |
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| Orthopedic Test | Iliac Compression Test |
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