Mirroring the anti-gay movement of the 1970s, Kentucky Republicans are quietly moving to ban trans people from teaching while forcing doctors to consider being trans a mental disorder.

  • WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]@reddthat.com
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    while forcing doctors to consider being trans a mental disorder.

    Doesn’t insurance already require that? At least my papers have the little “F64” as part of the billing code since they’re using the ICD codes instead or the DSM…

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      ICD-10 Diagnosis codes are a standard and required part of medical claim billing. F64.0 is “transgenderism in adults”; and it shouldn’t imply a “disorder” unless your insurer hasn’t updated the description since like 2016