Sleep Deprivation
Here’s a fun little (billable!) diagnosis I ran across recently. I’m always looking for just the right diagnoses to use that “get the job done” in terms of professional communication and clinical research that ALSO honor the individual’s experience by describing them faithfully. (See the previous post on Diagnosing Well). See if this one might add to your diagnostic repertoire!
Z72.820 Sleep Deprivation
Approximate Synonyms
- Lack of adequate sleep
Clinical Information
- Lack of the normal sleep/wake cycle
- Prolonged periods of time without sleep (sustained natural, periodic suspension of relative consciousness)
- State of being deprived of sleep under experimental conditions, due to life events, or from a wide variety of pathophysiologic causes such as medication effect, chronic illness, psychiatric illness, or sleep disorder.
- The state of being deprived of sleep under experimental conditions, due to life events, or from a wide variety of pathophysiologic causes such as medication effect, chronic illness, psychiatric illness, or sleep disorder.
Comment: When is this truly useful and appropriate and when might you choose not to use it?