CDC urged to update medical codes to include detransitioners

Doctors called on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to update medical codes to include side effects suffered by detransitioners.

Dr. Kurt Miceli, medical director for the advocacy group Do No Harm, presented at the CDC’s twice-yearly conference to update U.S. medical codes to include side effects for detransitioners, or those who no longer identify as transgender.

Miceli and his team at Do No Harm, which stands against gender transition medicine for minors, put together a presentation for the panel that oversees the ICD-10-CM, the official diagnostic coding system that standardizes medical treatment and insurance information in the United States. 

Read the full article at The Washington Examiner.