In the United States, the diagnoses in the DSM-5 match up with ICD-10 codes used by clinicians for insurance approval and payment. Based on the ICD-10 code of a DSM-5 diagnosis, a treatment may be ...

The diagnosis of the so-called “disease X” in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is “leaning more toward malaria,” an official from the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

The purpose is to get a consistent reading, not to average widely ranging measures. A diagnosis of hypertension usually requires two or more elevated blood pressure readings taken at separate times.