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Record information from the DSM5 - Intellectual Disability

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Table of Contents

  • Recent updates … 4
  • Before you start … 5
  • Understand and record a DSM-5 intellectual disability assessment … 6
  • The DSM-5 ID scale … 7
  • Record the DSM-5 ID results … 8
  • Next steps … 9

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This article provides guidance for a local area coordinator, early childhood coordinator and all NDIA staff (planner, payment officer, internal review officer, complaints officer, participant service officer, access officer, quality officer, technical advisor, SDA officer, NCC officer, provider support) to:

  • understand the DSM-5 intellectual disability (ID) assessment
  • the DSM-5 ID scale
  • record the DSM-5 ID results.

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Recent updates

July 2023

Update to system steps and language to align with PACE and knowledge consistency

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2 Before you start

You have:

  • read Our Guidelines – applying to the NDIS
  • read the article Understand functional capacity assessments
  • read the article Create a new functional capacity assessment case.

Understand and record a DSM-5 intellectual

disability assessment

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) is a diagnostic manual used by mental health professionals. They use it to diagnose and understand a range of diseases. This includes intellectual disability (ID).

A medical professional must complete the DSM-5 ID assessment.

To learn more about recording the DSM-5 for autism, go to Record information from the DSM5 – autism.

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4 The DSM-5 ID scale

  • The DSM-5 ID uses two measures:
    • cognitive function (IQ)
    • adaptive functioning.

It rates an individual by the following four-level scale:

  • Mild level 1
  • Moderate level 2
  • Severe level 3
  • Profound level 4.

5 Record the DSM-5 ID results

Where a participant presents with a DSM-5 ID assessment, complete the following PACE steps:

At the Select Tools step in the Functional Capacity Assessment:

  1. Select No to Carry out a new assessment.
  2. Select Yes to Manually enter scores.
  3. Select Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-5) ID.
  4. Select Next.
  5. Enter Assessment completion date.
  6. Select Score.
  7. Select Next.
  8. Check the Confirmation details.
  9. Select Done.

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Next steps

There are no further steps.

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