MedXPress and Chiropractic Adjustments

D

DelayedFlight

Filing Flight Plan
Joined
Mar 1, 2023
Messages
6
Display Name
Display name:
DelayedFlight
Hey Folks,
I see quite a few mentions regarding Chiropractors as an AME, but I was wondering about listing Chiropractic visits on the 8500-8 MedXPress medical form. I don't see too much talk about that except for some <cut and paste> quotes from the instructions to include chiropractic visits, which I don't find in the user guide myself for section 19. Looking at what I believe is the current FAA MedXPress User Guide (version 3.6.0) dated August 2020, it does not include chiropractor in the listed professions for health practitioners.

" – List all visits in the last 3 years to a physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, psychologist, clinical social worker, or substance abuse specialist for treatment, examination, or medical/mental evaluation."

Pretty cut and dry. Do You list chiropractic visits? Should I? Thanks for the feedback.
 
“Have you visited any health professionals. . .” I think that is the actual question. Chiropractors fall under that category, I do believe. I don’t really agree with it, but that is what it is.
 
Greg Bockelman said:
“Have you visited any health professionals. . .” I think that is the actual question. Chiropractors fall under that category, I do believe. I don’t really agree with it, but that is what it is.
Click to expand...

No, here's what the form says:

1703989242511.png


And here's what the instructions say:

1703989172722.png
 
dbahn said:
What's the downside in listing it?
Click to expand...
No downside except lost time contacting the chiropractic office to get a complete list of visits for the past three years, collating and recording the data correctly, and if it was not considered on a previous medical exam adding it now for the next exam could seem a bit sketch, although its just a matter of interpretation.
 
DelayedFlight said:
No downside except lost time contacting the chiropractic office to get a complete list of visits for the past three years, collating and recording the data correctly, and if it was not considered on a previous medical exam adding it now for the next exam could seem a bit sketch, although its just a matter of interpretation.
Click to expand...
Well, multiple visits to the same provider for the same condition can be reported on one line, e.g. "multiple chiropractic adjustments for back pain". If the FAA wants clarification on that they'll request it - but I doubt that they'll give a second thought to your response."
 
dbahn said:
Well, multiple visits to the same provider for the same condition can be reported on one line, e.g. "multiple chiropractic adjustments for back pain". If the FAA wants clarification on that they'll request it - but I doubt that they'll give a second thought to your response."
Click to expand...
The downside may simply be mentioning a back pain condition that you wouldn't have to mentioned otherwise.

Yeah, maybe I'm just being cynical, but I keep coming back to the pilot who mistakenly reported a genetic marker for a condition prompting the FAA to require tests to prove they didn't have the disease. When a medical professor wrote into the Federal Air Surgeon Bulletin about it, this was the response.

Be sure to tell the truth but never report something you don't have to.

1704050882210.png
 
Yeah, that's always a risk but "back pain" is a little like "arthritis". Almost everyone has a little of both of those.

But I agree completely. Never OVER report anything, but DO report as little as you can while still complying with the instructions.
 
dbahn said:
But I agree completely. Never OVER report anything, but DO report as little as you can while still complying with the instructions.
Click to expand...

:yeahthat:

So personally, I'd only report a chiro visit if chiropractors are physicians in my state (and here in FL, they are).
 
Back
Top