In the Somerset Morbidity Project, we have agreed to use codes that were
added 1-2 years ago. They are:
[X] Mild depression
[X] Moderate depression
[X] Severe depression without psychosis
[X] Severe depression with psychosis
We have agree to use mild for people managed only in primary care,
moderate for those referred to non psychiatrist care, and severe for
those referred to the psychiatrist.
Trefor Roscoe <[log in to unmask]> writes
>Ahmad Risk wrote: What's wrong with 'depressed'? (donno the code, but
>it's there)
>
>The problem is that the code is not there. My system givs the following
>for depressed
>
>1B17 c/o feeling depressed
>2257 o/e depressed
>E115 Manic depression - now depressed
>
>and others relating to depressed skull fractures.
>
>Chapter 1 codes are symptoms, chapter 2 codes are examination findings,
>neither are diagnostic codes. The diagnostic codes are all based on the
>psychiatric classification in ?DSMIII and are irrelvant to GP's. How Read
>has ended up without a simple diagnostic code for depression makes me
>frankly ...... depressed.
>
>Trefor
>
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