Neer’s test: how to perform and interpret results
Neer’s test is a passive shoulder maneuver that screens for subacromial impingement. You stabilize the scapula, internally rotate the arm, then lift it into forward flexion. Pain in the anterior or lateral shoulder counts as a positive result. The test takes seconds. Reading the result well takes longer, because sensitivity and specificity vary widely across […]
Pittsburgh Knee Rules: Criteria, walk test and free template
Download your free Pittsburgh Knee Rules template A point-of-care reference card covering patient details, the mandatory mechanism screen, and the age and walk test qualifiers. It also walks through how to administer the walk test, how to read the result, and where to record your clinical reasoning. Download template The Pittsburgh Knee Rules tell you […]
Functional status questionnaire
Download your free functional status questionnaire This ready-to-use form covers patient details, all six functional domains, and a scoring grid. It also carries the interpretation thresholds you need for primary care and rehabilitation settings. Download template A diagnosis tells you what a patient has. It does not tell you whether they can climb their stairs, […]
ICD-10 Code S63.209A: Unspecified subluxation of unspecified finger
ICD-10 Code S63.209A: definition, billable status, and 2026 edition ICD-10 Code S63.209A is a billable diagnosis code for unspecified subluxation of an unspecified finger, initial encounter. Coders use it when the chart confirms a subluxated finger but names neither the finger nor the hand. The code is valid for the 2026 ICD-10-CM edition, effective October […]
ICD-10 Code S63.202S: Unspecified subluxation of right middle finger, sequela
ICD-10 Code S63.202S is the billable ICD-10-CM code for an unspecified subluxation of the right middle finger, reported as a sequela. It applies once the original injury has healed and the patient is being treated for what it left behind. That covers stiffness, chronic pain, reduced grip strength, or joint instability in the affected finger. […]
ICD-10 code S42.463G: Medial condyle fracture, delayed healing
S42.463G is the code for a displaced medial condyle humerus fracture with delayed healing. Nonunion takes K instead. Read more on documentation and MS-DRGs.
Cervical extensor endurance test: Protocol and norms
Look up normative values for the cervical extensor endurance test and you will find hold times of two or three minutes. The published data disagrees. Healthy young adults hold the unloaded position for a median of 43 seconds. The discrepancy has a cause. Two separate protocols carry the same name, and a third research variant […]
Morley test: How to perform and interpret it for TOS
A positive Morley test reproduces the patient’s own arm symptoms, yet it never confirms thoracic outlet syndrome alone. Read more on how to use it properly.
Posterolateral drawer test: Technique, grading, and pitfalls
Some knees give way near full extension, ache along the lateral joint line, and thrust into varus during gait. That combination belongs to the posterolateral corner, or PLC, and a routine knee exam can walk straight past it. LaPrade and colleagues screened acute knee injuries presenting with a hemarthrosis by MRI. They found posterolateral corner […]
ICD-10 code S82.251E: Displaced comminuted fracture of shaft of right tibia
ICD-10-CM code S82.251E reports a displaced comminuted fracture of the shaft of the right tibia at a subsequent encounter. The original fracture was open, Gustilo-Anderson type I or type II, and it is now healing routinely. The code is billable and valid for FY 2026. E means routine healing. When the physician documents malunion instead, […]