"select" HandleBars Helpers can set selected/checked attributes for Radio and Select.

selectHelper.coffee

Handlebars.registerHelper "select", (value, options) ->
  select = document.createElement("div")
  $(select).html options().replace(/<[/]*\$data:\w+>/g, "")
  $("input[type=radio]", select).filter("[value='#{value}']").attr "checked", "checked"
  $("option", select).filter("[value='#{value}']").attr "selected", "selected"
  select.innerHTML

selectHelper.js

Handlebars.registerHelper("select", function(value, options) {
  var html, select;
  select = document.createElement("div");
  $(select).html(options().replace(/<[/]*\$data:\w+>/g, ""));
  $("input[type=radio]", select).filter("[value='" + value + "']").attr('checked', 'checked');
  $("option", select).filter("[value='" + value + "']").attr('selected', 'selected');
  return select.innerHTML;
});

usage1. radio

        <ul>
          {{#select specialistType}}
          {{#each codes "establishment"}}
          <li>
            <input type="radio" value="{{code}}"/>
            <label>{{name}}</label>
          </li>
          {{/each}}
          {{/select}}
        </ul>

usage2. select

          <select name="PH" id="PH">
          {{#select PH}}
          {{#each codes "PH"}}
            <option value="{{code}}">{{name}}</option>
          {{/each}}
          {{/select}}
          </select>