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Diagnostic Certainty

  • specific diagnosis
    • Meets criteria for a Mental Disorder?……… “Yes”
    • Meets essential criteria for group?………… “Yes”
    • Meets specific criteria for diagnosis? …… “Yes”
  • specific diagnosis, Provisional
    • Meets criteria for a Mental Disorder?……… “Yes”
    • Meets essential criteria for group?………… “Yes”
    • Meets specific criteria for diagnosis? …… “Not quite”
  • categorical Unspecified/Other Specified [DSM-IV NOS] diagnosis
    • Meets criteria for a Mental Disorder?……… “Yes”
    • Meets essential criteria for group?………… “Yes”
    • Meets specific criteria for diagnosis? …… “No”
      • Mental Disorder NOS
        • Meets criteria for a Mental Disorder?……… “Yes”
        • Meets essential criteria for group?………… “No”
        • Meets specific criteria for diagnosis? …… “No”
  • 799.9 Diagnosis Deferred
    • Meets criteria for a Mental Disorder?……… “Not sure”
    • Meets essential criteria for group?………… “Not sure”
    • Meets specific criteria for diagnosis? …… “Not sure”
      • V71.09 No Diagnosis [DSM-IV-TR, DSM-IV, DSM-III-R, DSM-III]
        • Meets criteria for a Mental Disorder?……… “No”
        • Meets essential criteria for group?………… “No”
        • Meets specific criteria for diagnosis? …… “Probably not, but irrelevant”
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