Table 2.
Frequency of Musculoskeletal Diagnoses Encountered in Musculoskeletal Clinic and House Staff Clinic
| Musculoskeletal Experience | House Staff Clinic Experience | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICD-9 Code | Total | Median per Resident for 1-Month ExperienceN = 12 | Mean (SD) per Resident for 1-Month Experience N = 12 | Range | Total | Median per Resident for 1-Year Experience N = 26 | Mean (SD) per Resident for 1-Year Experience N = 26 | Range | |
| Degenerative arthritis‡ | 715.09 | 36 | 3 | 3 (1.3) | 1 to 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Back pain-lumbago* | 724.2 | 29 | 3 | 2.4 (1.3) | 0 to 5 | 38 | 1 | 1.4 (1.8) | 0 to 6 |
| Shoulder tendonitis/bursitis† | 726.10 | 28 | 2.5 | 2.3 (1.7) | 0 to 6 | 5 | 0 | 0.2 (0.4) | 0 to 1 |
| Hip bursitis/tendonitis† | 726.5 | 23 | 1.5 | 1.9 (2.4) | 0 to 9 | 2 | 0 | 0.1 (0.3) | 0 to 1 |
| Knee tendonitis/bursitis‡ | 726.69 | 21 | 1.5 | 1.8 (1.6) | 0 to 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Bursitis/tendonitis, NOS‡ | 726.90 | 19 | 1 | 1.6 (1.7) | 0 to 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Carpal tunnel‡ | 364.0 | 3 | 0 | 0.3 (0.7) | 0 to 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Plantar fasciitis | 728.71 | 3 | 0 | 0.3 (0.7) | 0 to 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.1 (0.43) | 0 to 1 |
| Arthralgia, NOS† | 729.1, 791.4 | 3 | 0 | 0.3 (0.45) | 0 to 1 | 93 | 3 | 3.5 (2.7) | 0 to 10 |
| Total diagnoses† | 165 | 13 | 13.9 (5.1) | 6 to 24 | 141 | 4 | 5.4 (4) | 1 to 16 | |
Mann-Whitney P <.05.
Mann-Whitney P < .001.
Statistical test not performed, rate in HS clinic = 0.
ICD-9, International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision; SD, standard deviation; NOS, not otherwise specified.