ICD-11 classes
21 Symptoms, signs or clinical findings, not elsewhere...
Mental or behavioural symptoms, signs or clinical findings
MB29 — Symptoms or signs involving eating and related behaviour
MB29.3 — Purging behaviour
ICD-11 MB29.3 — Purging behaviour
Behaviour aimed at the removal of ingested food from the body with the specific intention to lose weight or prevent weight gain (e.g., self-induced vomiting, laxative abuse, or the use of enemas).
The diagnosis includes nothing.
It excludes 2 items.
- Bulimia Nervosa (6B81)
- Anorexia Nervosa (6B80)
It has no clarifying diagnoses.