Medicare, Medicaid, other third party payers, and HIPAA regulations require ICD-9-CM codes for diagnosis/reimbursement. Do I need a table to convert from DSM-IV-TR codes to ICD-9-CM codes?
No. Unlike the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition and Third Edition, Revised (DSM-III) and (DSM-III-R), all of the diagnostic codes in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition and Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV) and (DSM-IV-TR) were selected so as to be valid ICD-9-CM codes. However, since minor revisions are made to the ICD-9-CM system on a yearly basis (with changes becoming mandatory each January 1st), subsequent printings of DSM-IV-TR have incorporated the few minor changes in ICD-9-CM codes that have occurred since October 2000. Click here for a list of coding changes in DSM-IV-TR that have taken effect since October 2000.