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May 17

Hi! Not a medical advice, just an article recommendation.

I'm a 26-year-old male and would like to get to know more about my disease F20 and OCD. Any article you suggest to read rather than OCD itself?, and what F20 stands for? Thank you in advance and indeed!. --LLcentury (talk) 21:32, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

There are various items under F20. Who told you that you have F20? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:45, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

My psychiatrist under prescription order for medication :) --LLcentury (talk) 21:47, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Why don't you call his office and ask? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:50, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I never attend her place unless for control, the orders are taken by my mother and always say "F20", and she never told me what's that and honestly, maybe my bad, I never asked what was that. Sorry the mess. I will ask her. I'm already getting to know what it is by Wikipedia article. I started not long ago with this process. Thank you. --LLcentury (talk) 21:54, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Finding out what the code means in your case by speaking to those involved in your care is the only solution. It would be inappropriate for us to comment based on how the code may be used elsewhere. Nil Einne (talk) 04:21, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The psychiatrist Scott Alexander (of the interesting blog https://slatestarcodex.com ) is a big admirer of the now defunct site crazymeds.us.[1] even though he says he can never recommend it to his patients (he explains why in the article). It is about treatment options and support communities for F20 and other such conditions. There is a static mirror at crazymeds.net that you can still look at if you want. 173.228.123.207 (talk) 06:03, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"F20.0" is a billing code for paranoid schizophrenia. See here. SinisterLefty (talk) 10:56, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Also discussed generally in ICD-10 Clinical Modification. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 12:23, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@SinisterLefty: and @Baseball Bugs:, thank you for your kindness and responses to all! --LLcentury (talk) 12:50, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The top search I found for the search hits here seems to work for this. It comes up with a series of subtypes for different numbers after the decimal. Wnt (talk) 22:37, 22 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]