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Originally Posted by artemis-within
So my h convinced me to go ahead and ask t for receipts so I can submit to insurance, since with my son wanting to go to therapy too, we might have a chance of meeting our deductible. We talked about it today and she's writing one up for going back to January 1 of this year so I can submit it. Part of this process was she had to come up with a diagnosis. She just sent me an email suggesting that she use a diagnosis of "adjustment disorder/mixed". I do not know how I feel about this!! She sent me a link to read some information about it, I suppose it could fit just about anybody at some point in their life, so it can definitely fit me (especially thinking about the problems in my marriage). But it feels weird to see it on paper. I guess it's a trade-off for making peace with my h about continuing to go to therapy... having to deal with how this diagnosis makes me feel. I kinda liked not having to have one, I must admit, since I've been paying out of pocket for so long. Suddenly everything feels so formal. Maybe this is a blessing in disguise to help me get over the transference stuff!!
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If it helps, I asked my T (after many months) if she gave a diagnosis to my insurance company -- she hemmed and hawed and finally said the same thing as yours (adjustment disorder). She said it's a low level diagnosis and she uses it to keep the bar as low as possible while also meeting insurance criteria.
I was super relieved -- from all that I've read on the interwebs, it's what's most commonly used by T's to get stuff through insurance (and insurance companies know this as well -- so, they know it's not a "real" diagnosis).
ETA: She said the only time it would be changed if someone was on meds, in which case that diagnosis would go in to insurance.