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Old Oct 23, 2013, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by 1914sierra View Post
My therapist didn't really give me my diagnosis, but my psychiatrist did. You should get a receipt with your diagnosis code for insurance on it, mind you, it may not be complete or up to date. My T simply put major depression as my diagnosis because that is how I presented when he first started seeing me. He realizes now that my diagnosis is bipolar disorder, but he's never bothered to change the code on the receipts. Insurance doesn't seem to care. My pdoc's code is bipolar 1, mixed.
Where I am I can't claim my treatment from insurance, so I don't have a receipt or anything.
I pay for it myself so don't have any official medical records. Well maybe my T keeps records but I certainly don't get to see them. I wish I did!
Thanks for your reply.