RE: Re: help with iep meeting/aging out of IE (essex county

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My son's diagnosis given by his devt pedi was: Speech disturbance.. and she

got an SLP working with her when they did the assessment/eval. Tthis work

great with our UHC insurance for 2years but we are currently having issues

with UHC in terms of the diagnosis code. Does anyone here used Apraxia

diagnosis code and still got insurance coverage for speech therapy?

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[mailto: ] On Behalf Of kalihi76

Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 1:12 PM

Subject: [ ] Re: help with iep meeting/aging out of IE

(essex county

Did the Dev.Ped have reports/evals from both speech therapists? Was there a

mention of apraxia in their reports? Honestly, even though on paper ped. can

officially dx apraxia, I don't really think they have the knowledge/skills

to make a speech dx on their own - I mean it should be a joint effort

between all of his therapists.

Even my son's Dev. Ped admitted that & she read thru the SLP's reports to

give my son that official dx. Of course, that was also something I requested

of her b/c I wanted it documented in his medical report so that I didn't

have to worry about coninuted services for apraxia.

If you feel in conjunction with the SLP's that he does have apraxia, then

I'd call & talk with the Ped. about changing the dx. If both SLP's have

stated apraxia, then in my opinion, the Ped. should seriously consider

changing his/her dx.