Yes, I have a diagnosis. Yes, I want to be diagnosed. No, I've never actually had my T or pdoc sit me down and say, this is your diagnosis and what I'm basing my treatment plan off of. It's much more organic than that. Additionally, I itemize my medical costs for taxes, so I'm well aware of all my CPT and ICD-10 codes.

I can understand how someone wouldn't want to "be" a diagnosis, and I think Ts should respect that, but it's sticky because there has to be a diagnosis code, especially if they're billing insurance. So, if a patient doesn't want to know, then they don't know what their insurance is being billed for.

So, I think as long as people realize that just because you don't want a diagnosis doesn't mean there isn't one, then there's no need to make it/talking about it, part of the treatment plan.

I do think they can be overused and detrimental sometimes, as can medical diagnosis.