Tag Archives: DSM-5

Substance Dependence: Do Your Charts Support it?

Drug and alcohol addiction are under the umbrella term of substance dependence in the DSM-V.  ICD-10 includes them all under the heading Mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use, which is coded from F10 to F19.  In the … Read Full Post

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Wanna Bet Not All Your MDDs Are Valid?

Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is fast becoming one of the most poorly supported conditions we find during audits, and it may stem from the fuzzily documented distinction between depression and major depression.  After all, not all depression fits in the … Read Full Post

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