2024 Apple Health DC:0-5™ Crosswalk – Community Review

Washington State Health Care Authority sent this bulletin at 09/15/2023 09:10 AM PDT

September 15, 2023

2024 Apple Health DC:0-5™ Crosswalk – Community Review

The annual community review process for the Apple Health DC:0-5 Crosswalk will take place from October 5 until November 5, 2023. Feedback received through this review process will inform updates for the 2024 Apple Health DC:0-5™ Crosswalk, which is slated for publication on January 1, 2024.

The review process will begin with a Community Review Kick-off event, where HCA staff will share proposed crosswalk updates and the process to submit feedback. Attendance at this kick-off event is not required in order to submit feedback, and all meeting materials will be made publicly available.

As a reminder, IECMH community members are always welcome to submit feedback through the Apple Health DC:0-5™ Crosswalk feedback form. A link to this form is embedded on page 2 of the current Apple Health DC:0-5™ Crosswalk reference tool.

2024 Apple Health DC:0-5™ Crosswalk Kick-off

Date: October 5, 2023
Time: 12 to 1 p.m.

Register today

Live event captioning available

Communication Access Real-time Transcription (CART) services, or live closed captioning, are available for events, on demand. Scheduling CART services requires a three-week lead-time.

To request this accommodation, please submit a request as soon as possible to:
jennifer.peterson@hca.wa.gov

If you make your request less than a week in advance of the event, our language access manager cannot guarantee that a CART writer will be available.

What is the DC:0-5™?

The DC:0-5™ is the internationally-accepted system for developmentally appropriate assessment of young children's mental health and is recommended as a best practice by both CMS and SAMHSA. State legislation requires Apple Health mental health professionals to use the DC:0-5™ for the assessment and diagnosis of children younger than six.

What is the Apple Health DC:0-5™ crosswalk?

The Apple Health DC:0-5™ Crosswalk is a reference tool that helps Apple Health providers ‘crosswalk’ DC:0-5™ diagnoses to associated ICD-10 diagnostic codes, which are required for Apple Health billing purposes.

HCA’s Apple Health DC:0-5™ Crosswalk is informed by community feedback and grounded infant-early childhood mental health research. The initial community-informed Apple Health DC:0-5™ Crosswalk was developed over the course of nine months in 2022, in partnership with a dedicated workgroup of infant-early childhood mental health (IECMH) providers and advocates.

Learn more about the DC:05

About the Health Care Authority (HCA)

The Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) is committed to whole-person care, integrating physical health and behavioral health services for better results and healthier residents.

HCA purchases health care for more than 2.5 million Washington residents through Apple Health (Medicaid), the Public Employees Benefits Board (PEBB) Program, the School Employees Benefits Board (SEBB) Program, and the COFA Islander Health Care Program. As the largest health care purchaser in the state, we lead the effort to transform health care, helping ensure Washington residents have access to better health and better care at a lower cost.

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