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Podiatry Today
Despite its existence in the medical literature since 1703, Charcot neuroarthropathy remains an elusive pathology that carries the innate potential to progress and threaten efforts for successful limb salvage. Through sound evidence-based principles, treatment can be effective in temporizing the acute presentation with conservative therapy and maintaining the correction through surgical intervention.
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Podiatry Management
Podiatry has changed quite a
bit in the last several years.
Managed care is squeezing
reimbursement rates. Patients are divided among
insured and uninsured. Medical information and equipment are readily available to the masses. Podiatrists are faced with these trends every
day, striving to practice medicine responsibly while balancing the conflicting demands of insurers, patients,
profits and quality of care.
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Journal of International Medical Research
Ankle sprain is one of the most common injuries sustained during sport activities. Ankle sprains constitute an estimated 7 percent to 10 percent of all admissions to hospital emergency departments. Most ankle sprains involve the lateral ankle ligaments, which mainly comprise the anterior talofibular ligament, calcaneofibular ligament and posterior talofibular ligament.
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BMC Geriatrics
Footwear has the potential to influence balance in either a detrimental or beneficial manner, and is therefore an important consideration in relation to falls prevention. The objective of this study was to evaluate balance ability and gait patterns in older women while wearing prototype footwear and insoles designed to improve balance.
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Ankle sprain is one of the most common injuries during sports activity, with anterior talofibular ligament injury in most cases. After ATFL injury, symptomatic chronic ankle instability may develop in as many as 20 percent to 40 percent of patients even after conservative treatment, associated with a high rate of recurrence. To date, there are various methods to diagnose ATFL injury, including manual anterior drawer test, stress X-ray image, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, arthroscopy.
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| | PRACTICE MANAGEMENT PEARLS FROM THE INSTITUTE FOR PODIATRIC EXCELLENCE AND DEVELOPMENT (IPED) |
Physicians Practice
When reporting an evaluation and management service on the same claim with another service or procedure, you must append either modifier 25, "Significant, separately identifiable evaluation and management service by the same physician or other qualified healthcare professional on the same day of the procedure or other service," or modifier 57, "Decision for surgery" to the E&M service code.
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ACFAOM
An ACFAOM Certified Clinical Podiatric Medical Assistant (CCPMA) can perform routine nail care, pre-treatment foot exams, collect client health information correctly, set up a sterile field and much more. Click here for additional information about the CCPMA qualification and its potential value for your practice.
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Der Unfallchirurg
The most common cause of degeneration of the posterior tibial tendon is a congenital valgus deformity of the calcaneus. Other associated pathologies are forefoot supination, forefoot abduction and shortening of the gastrocnemius muscle.
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