ICD·index Chapters ENESDE
6C20-6C2Z block

Disorders of bodily distress or bodily experience

Definition

Disorders of bodily distress and bodily experience are characterised by disturbances in the person’s experience of his or her body. Bodily distress disorder involves bodily symptoms that the individual finds distressing and to which excessive attention is directed. Body integrity dysphoria involves a disturbance in the person’s experience of the body manifested by the persistent desire to have a specific physical disability accompanied by persistent discomfort, or intense feelings of inappropriateness concerning current non-disabled body configuration.

Exclusions

4 subordinate codes

Nearby in Mental, behavioural or neurodevelopmental disorders