What are specifiers in depression?

Once a diagnosis of a particular mood disorder is made, more detailed information about the person’s condition can be provided in the form of “specifiers,” which are additional standardized tags that can be appended to the primary diagnosis.

Does major depressive disorder have specifiers?

Among changes in MDD, DSM-5 added specifiers. One specifier indicates MDD episodes associated with anxious distress. A second indicates “mixed” MDD episodes (ie, accompanied by manic or hypomanic features not meeting criteria for a bipolar disorder).

How do you write a DSM-5 diagnosis with specifiers?

Note: DSM-5 presents diagnostic specifiers in lowercase rather than capitalized letters. However, in order to ensure that readers recognize that all words are part of the diagnostic description, I recommend that the entire diagnosis be capitalized, including specifiers.

What are mood disorder specifiers?

Specifiers for Mood Disorders For bipolar disorder, there are two categories of specifiers: those for defining the current or most recent mood episode, and those concerning the course of recurrent, or repeating, mood episodes.

What are DSM specifiers?

Specifiers are extensions to a diagnosis to further clarify a disorder or illness. They allow for a more specific diagnosis. They are used extensively in the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) primarily in the diagnosis of mood disorders.

How do you write a diagnosis specifier?

Under the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), a provisional diagnosis is indicated by placing the specifier “provisional” in parentheses next to the name of the diagnosis. 1 For example, it might say something like “309.81 Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (provisional).”

What is the DSM-5 code for major depression?

Major Depressive Disorder DSM-5 296.20-296.36 (ICD-10-CM Multiple Codes)

What are subtypes and specifiers?

Subtypes and Specifiers – Since the same disorder can be manifested in different ways in different individuals the DSM uses subtypes and specifiers to better characterize an individual’s disorder. Subtypes denote “mutually exclusive and jointly exhaustive phenomenological subgroupings within a diagnosis” (APA, 2013).

How are subtypes and specifiers used in diagnosis?