Sections
Coding and Reporting Procedures | Use of Not Otherwise Specified Categories | Ways of Indicating Diagnostic Uncertainty | Frequently Used Criteria | Types of Information in the DSM-IV Text | DSM-IV Organizational Plan
Excerpt
The official coding system in use in the United States as
of publication of this manual is the International
Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical
Modification (ICD-9-CM). Most DSM-IV disorders have a numerical
ICD-9-CM code that appears several times: 1) preceding the name
of the disorder in the Classification (DSM-IV-TR Classification), 2) at the beginning of
the text section for each disorder, and 3) accompanying the criteria
set for each disorder. For some diagnoses (e.g., Mental Retardation, Substance-Induced
Mood Disorder), the appropriate code depends on further specification
and is listed after the text and criteria set for the disorder.
The names of some disorders are followed by alternative terms enclosed
in parentheses, which, in most cases, were the DSM-III-R names for
the disorders.