ICD-11 classes
06 Mental, behavioural or neurodevelopmental disorders
Disorders due to substance use or addictive behaviours
Disorders due to substance use
6C42 — Disorders due to use of synthetic cannabinoids

ICD-11 6C42 — Disorders due to use of synthetic cannabinoids

Disorders due to use of synthetic cannabinoids are characterised by the pattern and consequences of synthetic cannabinoid use. Synthetic cannabinoids are synthesized diverse chemical compounds that are potent agonists for endogenous cannabinoid receptors. There are several hundred such compounds. The synthetic compound is typically sprayed onto a vehicle such as cannabis or tea leaves and then smoked. The effect of these compounds is distinctly different from smoking naturally cultivated cannabis in that the euphoric effects are typically accompanied or dominated by psychotic-like symptoms (e.g., paranoia, hallucinations, and disorganized behavior). Synthetic Cannabinoid Intoxication may therefore present more frequently with psychotic symptoms in addition to the more typical effects of cannabis. Synthetic cannabinoids are also dependence-producing and Synthetic Cannabinoid Dependence and Synthetic Cannabinoid Withdrawal are recognized. Synthetic Cannabinoid-Induced Mental Disorders also occur; in particular Synthetic Cannabinoid-Induced Psychotic Disorder is recognized.

The diagnosis includes nothing.

Diagnosis with code 6C42 contains 10 clarifying diagnoses:

1. 6C42.0 — Episode of harmful use of synthetic cannabinoids
2. 6C42.1 — Harmful pattern of use of synthetic cannabinoids
   It contains 4 clarifying diagnoses.
3. 6C42.2 — Synthetic cannabinoid dependence
   It contains 6 clarifying diagnoses.
4. 6C42.3 — Synthetic cannabinoid intoxication
5. 6C42.4 — Synthetic cannabinoid withdrawal
6. 6C42.5 — Synthetic cannabinoid-induced delirium
7. 6C42.6 — Synthetic cannabinoid-induced psychotic disorder
8. 6C42.7 — Certain specified synthetic cannabinoids-induced mental or behavioural disorders
   It contains 2 clarifying diagnoses.
9. 6C42.Y — Other specified disorders due to use of synthetic cannabinoids
10. 6C42.Z — Disorders due to use of synthetic cannabinoids, unspecified