Posted by Abby on July 12, 2002, at 13:42:45
Hi you guys,
I'm really happy to have this board. I stopped posting, because I've been really busy with school and am generally much better. Having a good psychiatrist and therapist really helps. The psychiatrist doesn't take insurance either, but I can submit my bills and get 70% back. I probably save money in the long run, since I don't need to go in for a bizillion visits.
I wanted to try to support people some, but there were just so many neww names all the time that I didn't feel I could follow through. Good to see names I recognize and not needing to remember exactly which category my post fits in.
Noa--have you switched jobs? What's your shrink situation?
My Question: does anybody know where I could find diagnostic criteria for certain syndromes and codes?
It has to do with my grandmother and some litigation, because my uncle. her caretaker, is spending all of her money. Her doctor submitted a letter saying that she suffered from among other things:
Organic Affective Syndrome 293.83
Chronic Coumadin Therapy B58.61I think that these are for medicare billing purposes. OAS seems to be depression and depressive symptoms not otherwise explained. What does the letter part mean B58.61. I don't think it's right to call chronic coumadin therapy (or lithium therapy) a disease or disorder. It's a treatment, right? Of course monitoring is involved.
As for the diagnosis of organic affective syndrome I don't know that a psychiatrist made it.
Where would I find this stuff? I think that 293.83 is in the DSM IV, but where do I look up B58.61?
Thanks for all of your help.
poster:Abby
thread:446
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