CDC urged to update medical codes to include detransitioners

Published September 12, 2025 12:26pm ET



EXCLUSIVE — Doctors called on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to update medical codes to include side effects suffered by detransitioners.

Dr. Kurt Miceli, medical director for the advocacy group Do No Harm, presented at the CDC’s twice-yearly conference to update U.S. medical codes to include side effects for detransitioners, or those who no longer identify as transgender.

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