ICD-11 classes
06 Mental, behavioural or neurodevelopmental disorders
Disorders due to substance use or addictive behaviours
Disorders due to substance use
6C40 — Disorders due to use of alcohol
6C40.2 — Alcohol dependence
6C40.21 — Alcohol dependence, current use, episodic
ICD-11 6C40.21 — Alcohol dependence, current use, episodic
During the past 12 months, there has been alcohol dependence with intermittent heavy drinking, with periods of abstinence from alcohol. If current use is continuous (daily or almost daily over at least the past 1 month), the diagnosis of Alcohol dependence, current use, continuous should be made instead.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
It excludes 2 items.
- Episode of harmful use of alcohol (6C40.0)
- Harmful pattern of use of alcohol (6C40.1)
It has no clarifying diagnoses.