Comments | asperger: What about ICD?

ekh_78 in asperger

What about ICD?

Feb 21, 2010 18:23

Lately we have had this discussion about DSM-V and the fact that Asperger probably won’t be a diagnose in it. Yeah, DSM is big, it’s used all over the world, I just thought it could be mentioned that the diagnose Asperger also is in ICD (International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems) by WHO. So unless WHO follows ( Read more... )

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nekusagi February 21 2010, 17:53:36 UTC

Asperger's will still be recognized, but as AUTISM.

They're not going to erase it from existence. I wish people would stop saying stuff like this, it just causes a lot of unnecessary panic in the community.

ekh_78 February 21 2010, 18:55:30 UTC

Sorry. I thought people should be able to see past any mistake in my writing, any misuse of any word from mine side, and focus on the point of the entry. I was wrong, apparently I didn't chose the right words.

mihalis_aya February 21 2010, 19:15:44 UTC

mihalis_aya February 21 2010, 19:20:05 UTC

ekh_78 February 22 2010, 16:19:30 UTC

Thanks, that’s was the kind of answer I wanted.

mcharvat February 21 2010, 19:59:16 UTC

The ICD code books are revised every year and approved by the AMA. A sub-specialty cannot revise a diagnosis book without the approval from the AMA. The ICD-9 books are revised based on what the AMA determines necessary; each year, there are large numbers of codes that are added, revised and deleted - all different and unique sub-specialty codes. AS is not unique in this sense as there are other diagnosis codes that are revised in the same manner. Any way you look at it, AS is still Autism. AS is still on the spectrum and that will not disappear ( ... )