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. 2024 Jul 26;103(30):e38989. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000038989

Table 4.

Number of claims and total expenditure by treatment item of KM procedure.

M480_ M51_
No. of claims(%) Total exp(%) No. of claims(%) Total exp(%)
461861 (100.0) 1840613.7 (100.0) 771387 (100.0) 4303426 (100.0)
KM examinations
 Yangdorak test 12 (0.0) 36.7 (0.0) 35 (0.0) 106.6 (0.0)
 Pulse electrocardiogram 49 (0.0) 151.1 (0.0) 91 (0.0) 307.1 (0.0)
 Meridian function test 346 (0.1) 1399.7 (0.1) 1003 (0.1) 4197.2 (0.1)
Acupuncture_general 119381 (25.9) 552651.5 (30.0) 187968 (24.4) 1201354.3 (27.9)
Acupuncture_special
 Intraperitoneal 1362 (0.3) 4249.4 (0.2) 805 (0.1) 3439.6 (0.1)
 Intra-articular 30390 (6.6) 98524.8 (5.4) 45456 (5.9) 168927.5 (3.9)
 Intravertebral 28424 (6.2) 95225.0 (5.2) 30576 (4.0) 120050 (2.8)
 Piercing 53199 (11.5) 290723.5 (15.8) 106291 (13.8) 835393.1 (19.4)
 Intranasal 31 (0.0) 80.0 (0.0) 51 (0.0) 155.03 (0.0)
 Intraorbital 68 (0.0) 213.9 (0.0) 83 (0.0) 145.6 (0.0)
 Others 487 (0.1) 1847.7 (0.1) 621 (0.1) 3893.5 (0.1)
Electroacupuncture 40314 (8.7) 199084.4 (10.8) 85351 (11.1) 590692.1 (13.7)
Moxibustion 26269 (5.7) 104962.9 (5.7) 33589 (4.4) 197474.6 (4.6)
Cupping
 Dry cupping 36075 (7.8) 177664.7 (9.7) 47836 (6.2) 377007.2 (8.8)
 Wet cupping 20273 (4.4) 182894.8 (9.9) 47758 (6.2) 492618.5 (11.5)
Diagnosis based on the patient symptoms and conditions 14598 (3.2) 42453.9 (2.3) 44192 (5.7) 128722.4 (3.0)
Infrared therapy 58054 (12.6) 69322.3 (3.8) 112410 (14.6) 158957.3 (3.7)
Dispensing and medication 32503 (7.0) 18713.9 (1.0) 27247 (3.5) 19521.6 (0.5)
Other treatments 26 (0.0) 413.7 (0.0) 22 (0.0) 427.2 (0.0)
KM psychotherapy . . 2 (0.0) 35.5 (0.0)

KM = Korean medicine.