MB29.1

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Binge eating

Description

An episode in which an individual eats notably more than usual and feels that she or he is unable to stop or limit the amount or type of food eaten.

Index terms

  • Binge eating

Excludes

  • 6B81 – Bulimia Nervosa
  • 6B82 – Binge eating disorder

Exclusions from above levels

  • 19 – Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
  • JA66 – Clinical findings on antenatal screening of mother

Sibling codes

  • MB29.0 – Avoidant or restrictive eating
  • MB29.2 – Eating of non-nutritive substances
  • MB29.3 – Purging behaviour
  • MB29.4 – Rumination-regurgitation
  • MB29.Y – Other specified symptoms and signs involving eating and related behaviour
  • MB29.Z – Symptoms and signs involving eating and related behaviour, unspecified

Foundation entity

Binge eating – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1535148777

Part of: MB29: Symptoms or signs involving eating and related behaviour › 21: Symptoms, signs or clinical findings, not elsewhere classified