P.S. Obviously you're correct about CHT's being harassed, shut down, etc, and I'm curious to know how they've been put out of business - which is rotten. But about how the whole cpt/diagnosis code thing works - I'd be surprised if the insurance company was wrong.

When I went to a physical therapist, I received a diagnosis of "tmj" and "cranial dysfunction. When I went to a chiropractor, I received a diagnosis of "subluxation." When I went to a massage therapist, I received a diagnosis of "back pain." In each case the practicioner was licenced to give a diagnosis that fell within their area of expertise. They were licensed to give those diag codes out. The only thing I didn't do to verify how that whole thing works the way the insurance company said is call a licensing board. If you contact a licensing board for CHT, chiropracting, Physical Therapists, etc., and find out that United Healthcare is incorrect, please let me know. Meanwhile I will do so, but since I'm not a licenced practicioner of any sort, I don't know how far I'm going to get. I would be happy if you could shed more light on it.

I have heard of people getting shut down for practicing medicine without a license, not for giving diagnois codes that fall within their licensing. The problem with herbalists is that they are not licensed to give any diagnosis at all, whatsoever, so of course they get in trouble (which is totally messed up, in my opinion).

Again you are the person with the experience here, so please provide more info. If you find out from a licensing bureau that United Healthcare is incorrect, please email me immediately and I'll make sure I take down the note. And that's horrible that CHT's were put out of business for any reason, and I'm curious to know what the reasons were.