Problems with Coding Updates for DSM-V

From Dr. Milt Marasch, VPA Insurance Chair:

Here’s an FYI for folks.  I just ran across a 2016 web article from the APA on problems with coding updates for the DSM-5. Apparently some of the DSM codes did not crosswalk well to the ICD-10 codes as printed in the DSM-5 manual.

Here’s the APA article:

https://www.apaservices.org/practice/reimbursement/icd-diagnostic/code-discrepancies#:~:text=10%20for%20Social%20Anxiety%20Disorder,diagnostic%20code%20for%20different%20presentations.

<https://www.apaservices.org/practice/reimbursement/icd-diagnostic/code-discrepancies#:~:text=10%20for%20Social%20Anxiety%20Disorder,diagnostic%20code%20for%20different%20presentations.>

And here’s the direct link to the ApA (psychiatry) PDF with changes/corrections:

https://psychiatryonline.org/pb/assets/raw/dsm/pdf/DSM-5%20Coding%20Update_Final.pdf

<https://psychiatryonline.org/pb/assets/raw/dsm/pdf/DSM-5%20Coding%20Update_Final.pdf>