Article archive / July 1, 2012
Originally published: . Volume 3, No. 11. Source pages: 7.
NAPPP Sponsors Petition To Push For ICD-10-CM Codes in Mental Health Notes Problems with DSM For Psychologists In Healthcare Reform
The National Alliance of Professional Psychology Providers (NAPPP) is sponsoring a petition and asking psychologists to help push for a change from the DSM to the World Health Organization ICD-10 codes for the diagnosis of mental disorders.
The NAPPP leadership said in a letter to members that the ICD-10 presents worldwide standards, and will ensure that doctoral healthcare providers will use the same diagnostic system. NAPPP leaders wrote, “Use of ICD-10 will also eliminate the political controversies that encumber frequent revisions to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM).”
The NAPPP leadership also said, “Failure to use ICD-10-CM by psychologists would marginalize their services in the health care reform movement.” They also said that using the DSM-IV psychiatric labels have had a negative impact on the practice of psychology.
The “Rationale for the Adoption of ICD-10-CM Criteria for the Diagnosis of Mental Disorders” and the petition is available on the NAPPP website at www.nappp.org/ICD.html.
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