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  2. Current Procedural Terminology - Wikipedia

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    The Current Procedural Terminology ( CPT) code set is a procedural code set developed by the American Medical Association (AMA). It is maintained by the CPT Editorial Panel. [1] The CPT code set describes medical, surgical, and diagnostic services and is designed to communicate uniform information about medical services and procedures among ...

  3. ICD-10 Procedure Coding System - Wikipedia

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    The ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) is a US system of medical classification used for procedural coding.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency responsible for maintaining the inpatient procedure code set in the U.S., contracted with 3M Health Information Systems in 1995 to design and then develop a procedure classification system to replace Volume 3 of ICD-9-CM.

  4. Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System - Wikipedia

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    The acronym HCPCS originally stood for HCFA Common Procedure Coding System, a medical billing process used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Prior to 2001, CMS was known as the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA). HCPCS was established in 1978 to provide a standardized coding system for describing the specific ...

  5. List of chiropractic credentials - Wikipedia

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    FAFICC [42] Fellow, Academy of Forensic and Industrial Chiropractic Consultants. This degree is bestowed upon Doctors of Chiropractic by an unaccredited organization. FNAMUAP [43] Fellow, National Academy of Manipulation Under Anesthesia Physicians. This degree is bestowed upon Doctors of Chiropractic by an unaccredited organisation.

  6. Chiropractic treatment techniques - Wikipedia

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    The Activator Method Chiropractic Technique (AMCT) is a chiropractic treatment method and device created by Arlan Fuhr as an alternative to manual manipulation of the spine or extremity joints. The device is categorized as a mechanical force manual assisted (MFMA) instrument which is generally regarded as a softer chiropractic treatment technique.

  7. List of chiropractic schools - Wikipedia

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    The course is taught in university, on the same basis as human medicine. In 2015, nine internationally accredited chiropractic colleges: AECC, WIOC, IFEC-Paris, IFEC-Toulouse, SDU-Odense, UZ-Zurich, UJ-Johannesburg, Durbin University of Technology and Macquarie University, Australia, made an open statement which included: "The teaching of the ...

  8. Chiropractic - Wikipedia

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    Alternative diagnoses. v. t. e. Chiropractic is a form of alternative medicine [1] concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system, especially of the spine. [2] It has esoteric origins [3] and is based on several pseudoscientific ideas. [4] Many chiropractors, especially those in the ...

  9. Chiropractic education - Wikipedia

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    Chiropractic education trains students in chiropractic. [1] The entry criteria, structure, teaching methodology and nature of chiropractic programs offered at chiropractic schools vary considerably around the world. [2] Students are trained in academic areas including scopes of practice, neurology, radiology, microbiology, psychology, ethics ...