Orthopedic Tests

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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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Bikele's Sign

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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