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whirlingmind
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31 May 2013, 1:07 pm

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Medicare and Medicaid in the US does not use DSM, but ICD. They were due to change to ICD-10 last year, but didn't. So they are on ICD-9.


Don't know if that's news to anyone, useful to anyone, worthy of comment to anyone over the pond.


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31 May 2013, 1:43 pm

whirlingmind wrote:
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Medicare and Medicaid in the US does not use DSM, but ICD. They were due to change to ICD-10 last year, but didn't. So they are on ICD-9.


Don't know if that's news to anyone, useful to anyone, worthy of comment to anyone over the pond.


Interesting not sure it means though


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