In the general heading, ICD-11 refers exclusively to sex and not to gender. This ambiguity may be due to the fact that this chapter, in addition to including gender incongruence, also contemplates sexual dysfunctions, which until now have also been considered mental disorders.
Gender identity disorder, unspecified. F64.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2019 edition of ICD-10-CM F64.9 became effective on October 1, 2018.
For its part, the ICD 11 continues defining the GI as “a marked and persistent incongruence between the gender felt or experienced and the gender assigned to birth” 12. This incongruity is manifested in at least two of the following criteria:
Looking ahead, in ICD-11 the term “Gender incongruence” is used instead of “gender dysphoria.” Gender incongruence was moved out of the “mental health/disorders” chapter in ICD-11 and into a completely new chapter, Chapter 17 Conditions related to sexual health.
If a person experiences distress resulting from incongruence between gender identity and assigned gender (which happens usually at birth), this person is gender dysphoric. Gender dysphoric individuals may have DSD, but mostly have physical sex characteristics which all correspond with each other.
Gender dysphoria (previously gender identity disorder), according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental disorders are defined as a "marked incongruence between their experienced or expressed gender and the one they were assigned at birth." People who experience this turmoil cannot correlate to their gender ...
Please note that per ICD-10-CM inclusive notes for F64. 0, code F64. 0 covers both “gender identity disorder in adolescence and adulthood” and “gender dysphoria in adolescents and adults.”
9: Gender identity disorder, unspecified.
Abstract. Gender incongruence (GI) is defined as a condition in which the gender identity of a person does not align with the gender assigned at birth.
You may feel: certain that your gender identity conflicts with your biological sex. comfortable only when in the gender role of your preferred gender identity (may include non-binary) a strong desire to hide or be rid of physical signs of your biological sex, such as breasts or facial hair.
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes 9 may be used to describe the type of gender dysphoria diagnosed. There is also a status code for personal history of sex reassignment (Z87. 890). Note that ICD-10 still uses the outdated terms of gender identity disorder and transsexualism.
Code F43. 23 is the diagnosis code used for Adjustment Disorder (AD) with Mixed Anxiety and Depressed Mood. It is sometimes known as situational depression. It occurs when an individual is unable to adjust to or cope with a particular stress or a major life event.
ICD-10 notes that new code F64. 0 covers both “Gender identity disorder in adolescence and adulthood” and “Gender dysphoria in adolescents and adults.” And for revised code F64. 1, ICD-10 instructs you to “Use additional code to identify sex reassignment status (Z87. 890).”
Code F41. 9 is the diagnosis code used for Anxiety Disorder, Unspecified. It is a category of psychiatric disorders which are characterized by anxious feelings or fear often accompanied by physical symptoms associated with anxiety.
Incongruence – inconsistent or incompatible, not the same. Carl Rogers, PhD (1902-1987), an American psychologist and among the founders of the humanistic approach to psychology, introduced the concept of incongruence to psychology in the 1950s.
Therefore, “incongruence,” is “lacking congruence, or having feelings not aligned with your actions.”.
Code F64.1 is the only code in code category F64 that includes this instruction note, but that does not prohibit reporting Z87.890 for any applicable cases. F64.2 Gender identity disorder of childhood includes “gender dysphoria in children.”.
Gender identity – defined in DSM-5 as “…a category of social identity and refers to an individual’s identification as male, female, or occasionally, some category other than male or female.”. It cannot be assumed that these patients have a gender identity disorder/gender dysphoria.
Transgender – definitions vary, however “transgender” generally refers to a gender identity or gender expression that differs from an individual’s assigned sex, or natal gender. Of note: The term “Transgender” isn’t included in any of the ICD-10-CM code descriptors, and “Transgender” is not a term found in the Index.
The closest that DSM-5 comes to this term or diagnosis is “transvestic disorder.”. It appears in the chapter “Paraphylic Disorders,” not the chapter “Gender Dysphoria.”. Paraphilic disorders include voyeuristic disorder, exhibitionistic disorder, sexual masochism, pedophilia, and transvetic disorder. Transvestic disorder is defined as “engaging in ...
For reporting purposes, the definition for “other diagnoses” is interpreted as additional conditions that affect patient care in terms of requiring: clinical evaluation; or therapeutic treatment; or diagnostic procedures; or extended length of hospital stay; or increased nursing care and/or monitoring.
The WHO justifies have taken gender incongruence out from mental illness, first of all, because at present there is greater normalization and knowledge about the diversity and gender variants that separate them from mental illness.
Unlike the ICD-9 1, gender identity disorders are an independent group of disorders of sexual inclination and sexual dysfunctions, although they continue to be included in adult personality and behaviour disorders (F60-F69) 4.
The DSM-5 3 concludes with the substitution of the term “Gender Identity Disorder” by “Gender Dysphoria” that continues to belong to the chapter on mental disorders. Although the term GI didn’t crystallize as a diagnosis, the DSM-5 puts emphasis on gender dysphoria both for defining gender dysphoria: “distress that may accompany ...
However, it makes an intermediate step by including GI in the chapter on sexual health. After these reflections we will have to wait until 2019 when the ICD-11 will be presented in the World Health Assembly for adoption by the member states.
On May 17, 1990 the WHO eliminated homosexuality from the chapter on mental disorders 14 totally depathologizing the orientation of people without eliminating the right to health coverage through its inclusion in the section “other ICD-10 processes frequently associated with mental and behavioral alterations”.
In the general heading, ICD-11 refers exclusively to sex and not to gender. This ambiguity may be due to the fact that this chapter, in addition to including gender incongruence, also contemplates sexual dysfunctions, which until now have also been considered mental disorders.
In 2019, the World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) endorsed two new diagnostic codes: Gender Incongruence in Adults and Adolescents, and Gender Incongruence in Childhood, for the 11th edition of its International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). This endorsement takes the medicalisation ...
Even though trans people have existed throughout human history, language for diagnosing trans people accessing medical affirmation is relatively new, because the notion that we need and deserve medical care is also new.
This is part of the global shift in healthcare toward recognising that access to gender affirmation should be facilitated, and is medically necessary, for any person whose gender is different to what was presumed for them at birth.