Apple Health DC:0-5™ Crosswalk – Community review and kick-off

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September 23, 2024

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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 21-November 15, 2024. Feedback received through this review process will inform updates for the 2025 Apple Health DC:0-5™ Crosswalk, which will be published on January 1, 2025.

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.

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

Date: October 16, 2024
Time: 11 a.m. to noon

Register

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:0-5

About the Health Care Authority (HCA)

Functioning as both the state's largest health care purchaser and its behavioral health authority, the Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) is a leader in ensuring Washington residents have the opportunity to be as healthy as possible.

There are three pillars of our work: Apple Health (Medicaid); the Public Employees Benefits Board (PEBB) and School Employees Benefits Board (SEBB) programs; and behavioral health and recovery. Under these pillars, HCA purchases health care, including behavioral health treatment for more than 2.7 million Washington residents and provides behavioral health prevention, crisis, and recovery supports to all Washington residents.

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