Hello,
I started going to the VA about a year ago now, and recently found out about the blue button medical report option on the myhealthevet site, which can give a summary or pretty thorough pdf file of my recent visitations. I was looking at my medical reports and noticed that on my most recent visit, Jan 8th, my primary care physician input in the notes section that I had 2019 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F43.21; which is adjustment disorder with a depressed mood. Now this caught me completely off guard, because I have never had thoughts of depression, nor have I ever discussed anything related to them. My appointment was for a routine check-up and about me wanting to discontinue two medications for headaches that I no longer needed after changing up my diet. I messaged my pcp yesterday through the myhealthevet site, and his response about the input was that during one of my first appointments the RN screened and flagged me for depression. The only time I was ever asked was my very first appointment with the VA, and that was while I had a foot injury. I told the RN that the only thing I was upset about was that my foot injury was impacting my daily work life and such. Nothing more, nothing less. That's crazy to me that from that small moment they flag me for any kind of disorder or depression. My concern with this is that when I get to the medical portion of the process that they will see the Jan 8th notes first, and immediately DQ me without any kind of information to it. I have never been on any anxiety or mental health related medications, nor were they ever suggested. Am I overthinking this, or should I be concerned? I am in the process of trying to see what my pcp thinks / can do about it, but so far all they have said is that they can add an addendum stating that I am no longer having those problems. My obvious issue with that is that it still gives the notion that I had them in the first place, which I did not.
-The reason I was looking through my medical report was to see if it was a complete record or only for my recent timeline that I have been attending the VA clinic here. I am just trying to square away all of my stuff before my appointments so that I have them ready to go if they are needed. Any input is appreciated.
I started going to the VA about a year ago now, and recently found out about the blue button medical report option on the myhealthevet site, which can give a summary or pretty thorough pdf file of my recent visitations. I was looking at my medical reports and noticed that on my most recent visit, Jan 8th, my primary care physician input in the notes section that I had 2019 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F43.21; which is adjustment disorder with a depressed mood. Now this caught me completely off guard, because I have never had thoughts of depression, nor have I ever discussed anything related to them. My appointment was for a routine check-up and about me wanting to discontinue two medications for headaches that I no longer needed after changing up my diet. I messaged my pcp yesterday through the myhealthevet site, and his response about the input was that during one of my first appointments the RN screened and flagged me for depression. The only time I was ever asked was my very first appointment with the VA, and that was while I had a foot injury. I told the RN that the only thing I was upset about was that my foot injury was impacting my daily work life and such. Nothing more, nothing less. That's crazy to me that from that small moment they flag me for any kind of disorder or depression. My concern with this is that when I get to the medical portion of the process that they will see the Jan 8th notes first, and immediately DQ me without any kind of information to it. I have never been on any anxiety or mental health related medications, nor were they ever suggested. Am I overthinking this, or should I be concerned? I am in the process of trying to see what my pcp thinks / can do about it, but so far all they have said is that they can add an addendum stating that I am no longer having those problems. My obvious issue with that is that it still gives the notion that I had them in the first place, which I did not.
-The reason I was looking through my medical report was to see if it was a complete record or only for my recent timeline that I have been attending the VA clinic here. I am just trying to square away all of my stuff before my appointments so that I have them ready to go if they are needed. Any input is appreciated.
