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Old 12-22-2011, 12:36 AM
Mark in Idaho Mark in Idaho is offline
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I think you stated it correctly.

You said <For months she has been doing nothing as far as treatment but just telling me, it doesn't seem like you're back to normal yet. But now all of a sudden it's not PCS any more?>

I don't think she ever knew what you were experiencing and why. She probably thinks that since it has been almost a year with little improvement, it may have never been PCS or such. Not an uncommon attitude from a generic doctor. Or, maybe your insurance company has asked her why she continues to send them a bill if there is no treatment going on. insurance companies often grill the doctor for their disability diagnosis.

I hope she listed "concussion/mTBI" in your medical record.

2011 ICD-9-CM diagnosis code 850.9 Concussion, unspecified
or
2011 ICD-9-CM diagnosis code 850.0 Concussion with no loss of consciousness
followed by
2011 ICD-9-CM diagnosis code 310.2 Post Concussion Syndrome

A failure to list this in your medical record can make you sound like a hypochondriac at a later date.

Often, doctors do not want to get to involved in drawn out disability issues because they can become unpaid witnesses if litigation is pursued.

Hope you get better help from the next doctor.

btw, Unless you were diagnosed by a doctor as having Mild Depression, you did not have Mild Depression. Be careful about any volunteering of a self-diagnosis. It can hamper your rights in the future.

My best to you.

Mild depressive like feeling are common in the daily roller coaster of life. Until you have a prolonged continuous period of diagnosed depression symptoms, it is likely just the ups and downs of life and hormone fluctuations.
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