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The classification of transgender people (transgender women specifically [citation needed]) into distinct groups has been attempted since the mid-1960s. The most common modern classifications in use are the DSM-5 and ICD , which are mainly used for insurance and administration of gender-affirming care .
The World Professional Association for Transgender Health's Standards of Care 8, published in 2022, declare puberty blocking medication as "medically necessary", and recommends them for usage in transgender adolescents once the patient has reached Tanner stage 2 of development, and state that longitudinal data shows improved outcomes for ...
Since an official ICD code is usually needed to gain access to and reimbursement for gender-affirming care, the WHO found it ill-advised to remove transgender health from the ICD-11 altogether. It was therefore decided to transpose the concept from the mental disorders chapter to the new sexual health chapter.
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Multiple interdisciplinary clinics exist in Spain to cater specifically to diagnosing and treating transgender patients, including the Andalusian Gender Team. [135] [136] As of 2013, over 4000 transgender patients had been treated in Spain, including Spaniards and international patients. [135] [137]
A new analysis finds more than 5,000 transgender American kids were operated on. Over 5,700 American children had trans surgery between 2019 and 2023, medical group claims: ‘Treated like guinea ...
Hospitals across the country are suspending or reevaluating their gender-affirming care programs for patients under 19, creating fear and confusion among transgender youth and their families.
Using diagnostic codes in medical record data, Blosnich and colleagues found that the prevalence of transgender veterans in VHA (22.9/100,000) is five times higher than reported prevalence of transgender-related diagnoses in the general population (4.3/100,000). [6]