Hawaiʻi’s DC: 0-5 Crosswalk

What is the DC:0-5?

The DC:0-5 is a diagnostic classification manual for mental health and developmental disorders of infancy and early childhood. The manual supports clinicians in the diagnosis of these disorders in young children through a systematic and multiaxial approach to diagnosis. The DC:0-5 covers eight categories of disorders with 42 possible diagnoses for mental health and developmental disorders of infancy and early childhood. Each disorder includes a diagnostic algorithm, diagnostic features, and other information to support appropriate diagnosis. The multiaxial approach includes assessment tools and criteria across five axes.

How do you use the DC:0-5 Crosswalk?

After a clinician has appropriately used the tools in the DC:0-5 manual to assess and diagnose a young child, they can use the DC:0-5 crosswalk to map that diagnosis to 

common classification systems used for billing and reimbursement of services, such as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) and the International Statistical Classification of Diseases (ICD-10). The DC:0-5 crosswalk offers clinicians an easy way to map a DC:0-5 diagnosis to the comparable DSM-5 diagnosis and ICD-10 diagnosis code (e.g., F codes). This mapping to common classification systems is important because these codes are often used for billing purposes to bill for and receive payment for services delivered.

The following crosswalk can be used to assist clinicians working with children 0-5 years by providing a pathway to map DC:0-5 diagnoses onto comparable DSM-5 and ICD-10 diagnostic codes. This tool can be used in conjunction with the accompanying case studies, which walk through examples of using the DC:0-5 multiaxial approach to appropriately diagnose young children experiencing symptoms within the Trauma, Stress, and Deprivation Disorders category.