Table 3.

Frequency distribution various TCM therapies by major disease categories/diagnosis among children with cerebral palsy

Disease (ICD-9-CM)	CHM	COT	ACU	CHM + COT	CHM + ACU	CHM + COT + ACU
Infectious and parasitic disease (001–139)	0.38	0.31	0.10	0.73	0.13	0.35
Neoplasms (140–239)	0.04	0.06	0.05	0.01	0.07	0.04
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic disease and immunity disorder (240–279)	0.29	0.13	0.00	0.02	0.00	0.21
Blood and blood-forming organs (280–289)	0.13	0.02.	0.00	0.05	0.00	0.08
Mental disorder (290–319)	4.07	7.73	0.21	5.07	0.26	5.21
Nervous system (320–389)	31.3	76.6	22.5	67.6	27.2	47.7
Circulatory system (390–459)	0.96	2.32	1.47	3.45	7.97	1.56
Respiratory system (460–519)	30.6	0.79	0.00	2.88	0.26	18.2
Digestive system (520–579)	11.8	0.45	0.02	1.23	0.13	7.05
Genitourinary system (580–629)	1.51	0.01	0.00	0.11	0.00	0.89
Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (630–676)	0.04	0.06	0.07	0.05	0.00	0.05
Skin and subcutaneous tissue (680–709)	1.82	0.07	0.02	0.05	0.07	1.09
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (710–739)	1.53	4.07	26.9	8.80	20.8	3.66
Congenital anomalies (740–759)	0.43	1.50	1.04	1.29	0.78	0.85
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (760–779)	0.16	0.51	0.13	0.41	0.00	0.28
Symptoms, signs and ill-defined conditions (780–799)	14.0	0.90	0.47	2.99	0.52	8.59
Injury and poisoning (800–999)	0.90	4.47	47.0	5.25	41.9	4.19

Abbreviations: CHM Chinese herbal medicine, COT Chinese Orthopedic Traumatology, ACU Acupuncture