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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The reason for changing the dsm is not bc it’s annoying for parents of kids who are more profoundly impacted (even though that is a very valid and important conversation). 
The reason to change the dsm is that the spectrum narrative is not helpful if the commonalities between individuals are vastly outweighed by the differences. 
The purpose of diagnoses are to support research and create communities of people impacted in certain ways so that therapies and medications may be targeted to their issue. The increasing wideness of the spectrum makes this job much harder [/quote]

That is not the purpose of the DSM. The DSM can be helpful for that but it is primarily for billing codes.

Also if you bump level 1 autism out of the autism category, you need another diagnosis for it because level 1 autism requires specific therapies too. 
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?? The DSM does not give billing codes. That’s the ICD.

The publisher of the DSM says exactly what PP said:

“ The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is the handbook used by health care professionals in the United States and much of the world as the authoritative guide to the diagnosis of mental disorders. DSM contains descriptions, symptoms and other criteria for diagnosing mental disorders. It provides a common language for clinicians to communicate about their patients and establishes consistent and reliable diagnoses that can be used in research on mental disorders. It also provides a common language for researchers to study the criteria for potential future revisions and to aid in the development of medications and other interventions.”

https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/dsm/frequently-asked-questions

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The DSM absolutely has associated codes used for billing. Autism is 299.00. There are corresponding icd codes. I’ve had fights with insurance over which one they prefer… [/quote]

no, the DSM cross-references ICD. ICD is used for billing. https://www.naswma.org/page/ICD10andDSM5

I think you are probably thinking about ICD9 v ICD10?[/quote]

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