CAPD Is Classified in ICD-10 as H93.25 and Hearing Evaluation—Not Screening—Should Be Implemented in Children With Verified Communication and/or Listening Deficits
Publication: American Journal of Audiology
Volume 25, Number 4
Pages 368-370
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The article “It Is Time to Rethink Central Auditory Processing Disorder Protocols for School-Aged Children” (DeBonis, 2015) appeared in the American Journal of Audiology as a tutorial. The author used the argument made by Cowan, Rosen, and Moore (2009), referring to central auditory processing disorder (CAPD), that “such impairments have not been shown to uniquely contribute to a clearly defined condition that would warrant its inclusion in any of the major disease classification systems” (emphasis added; p. 129). However, CAPD is included in the U.S. version of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems–10th Revision (ICD-10) under the code H93.25; this was not mentioned in the article by DeBonis. We would like to point out some additional omissions of this tutorial that may bias its conclusions.
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- Received: May 23, 2016
- Revised: Jul 19, 2016
- Accepted: Jul 31, 2016
- Published in issue: Dec 1, 2016
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