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Doctors Can Fraudulently Code ‘Trans’ Child Genital Mutilation To Bypass Bans: Report

Despite an impending federal ban on using Medicaid funding to cover genital mutilation of children, some doctors may still be able to get away with it.

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Editor’s note: This article discusses human reproductive anatomy.

Doctors are able to use fraudulent or misleading medical codes in order to hide “transgender” procedures from insurance companies and regulators, allowing them to potentially bypass state bans on genital mutilation and chemical castration, according to a new report.

The report from medical watchdog group Do No Harm shows how doctors are able to use medical codes claiming things like generic endocrine care as stand-ins for so-called “gender-affirming” interventions for children — both allowing the children to receive the irreversible drugs and procedures and ensuring doctors get paid for doing so. It also details how pro-mutilation groups like the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) allegedly encourage doctors to do so.

“Medical diagnosis codes are being subverted by gender ideologues to avoid proper reporting, hide their activism from scrutiny, and enable potentially fraudulent billing practices. Groups like WPATH have publicly promoted the use of misleading diagnosis codes, and our report exposes how providers have financial incentives to do so,” stated Kurt Miceli, chief medical officer at Do No Harm and author of the report. “By hiding transgender procedures behind codes meant for other conditions, providers are — at minimum — skirting guidelines and ethical standards. Our report highlights the need for greater regulatory oversight and medical review to ensure ICD-10 diagnosis codes are not being fraudulently misused.”

Health care providers use ICD-10-CM (International Classification of Diseases) diagnosis codes to designate diagnoses and injuries for purposes of medical billing and........

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