BBQ roll maneuver: Step-by-step guide for horizontal canal BPPV
The BBQ roll maneuver treats geotropic horizontal canal BPPV. Get the four rotations, hold times, and how to pick the affected ear.
Bicep tear test: Hook test, Yergason’s, and when to use each
A bicep tear test tells you whether the biceps tendon is still attached before you order imaging. Here is which test to use at the elbow, at the shoulder, and when a partial tear is in play.
ICD-10 code S52.131R: Displaced fracture of neck of right radius
ICD-10 code S52.131R is a billable diagnosis code for a displaced fracture of the neck of the right radius. Coders apply it at a follow-up visit, once an open Gustilo type III injury has healed in a poor position. The code is valid for fiscal year 2026 under CMS ICD-10-CM guidance. It took effect on […]
Drop arm test: Procedure, interpretation, and diagnostic accuracy
A positive drop arm test rules in a full-thickness cuff tear at 88-96% specificity. Low sensitivity means a negative rules nothing out.
ICD-10 code S52.001E: Fracture of upper end of right radius, subsequent encounter
ICD-10 code S52.001E is a billable diagnosis code for a fracture of the unspecified upper end of the right radius. It applies to a follow-up visit where the original fracture was open type I or II and the bone is healing on schedule. The code belongs to ICD-10-CM Chapter 19, which covers injury, poisoning, and […]
SOAP progress notes template
Download your free SOAP progress notes template A one-page PDF with patient details and blank Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan fields. It closes with lines for the practitioner’s name and signature. Download template SOAP progress notes record a patient encounter in four fixed sections: Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan. The format is used across mental […]
Eden’s test template
Download your free Eden’s test assessment form A printable form for writing up an Eden’s test assessment in the patient’s notes. Open fields cover patient information, clinical notes, a dedicated military brace test box, recommendations, and practitioner sign-off. Download template Eden’s test is a provocation maneuver used to check whether the costoclavicular space is compressing […]
Deep neck flexor endurance test: Procedure and normative values
Healthy adults average 38.9 seconds (men) and 29.4 (women). Here’s how to run the test, score the hold time, and set the four-week retest.
HCPCS Code G0159: Physical therapist home health billing guide
HCPCS Code G0159 covers a single service. A qualified physical therapist establishes or delivers a physical therapy maintenance program in the home health setting, and each unit is 15 minutes. It is narrower than the general home health PT visit code, and it has no hospice setting at all. Both of those limits are misstated […]
ICD-10 code S43.014D: Right shoulder dislocation, subsequent encounter
S43.014D covers an anterior dislocation of the right humerus once active treatment has ended, so it’s the code for follow-up and PT visits.