ICD-11 classes
06 Mental, behavioural or neurodevelopmental disorders
Disorders due to substance use or addictive behaviours
Disorders due to substance use
6C47 — Disorders due to use of synthetic cathinones
6C47.1 — Harmful pattern of use of synthetic cathinones

ICD-11 6C47.1 — Harmful pattern of use of synthetic cathinones

A pattern of use of synthetic cathinones that has caused damage to a person’s physical or mental health or has resulted in behaviour leading to harm to the health of others. The pattern of synthetic cathinone use is evident over a period of at least 12 months if substance use is episodic or at least one month if use is continuous (i.e., daily or almost daily). Harm to health of the individual occurs due to one or more of the following: (1) behaviour related to intoxication; (2) direct or secondary toxic effects on body organs and systems; or (3) a harmful route of administration. Harm to health of others includes any form of physical harm, including trauma, or mental disorder that is directly attributable to behaviour related to synthetic cathinone intoxication on the part of the person to whom the diagnosis of Harmful pattern of use of synthetic cathinones applies.

The diagnosis includes nothing.

It excludes 2 items.

  • Episode of harmful use of synthetic cathinones (6C47.0)
  • Synthetic cathinone dependence (6C47.2)

Diagnosis with code 6C47.1 contains 4 clarifying diagnoses:

  1. 6C47.10 — Harmful pattern of use of synthetic cathinones, episodic
  2. 6C47.11 — Harmful use of synthetic cathinones, continuous
  3. 6C47.1Y — Other specified harmful pattern of use of synthetic cathinones
  4. 6C47.1Z — Harmful pattern of use of synthetic cathinones, unspecified

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