Hazardous use of caffeine

Description

A pattern of caffeine use that appreciably increases the risk of harmful physical or mental health consequences to the user or to others to an extent that warrants attention and advice from health professionals. The increased risk may be from the frequency of caffeine use, from the amount used on a given occasion, from risky behaviours associated with caffeine use or the context of use, from a harmful route of administration, or from a combination of these. The risk may be related to short-term effects of caffeine or to longer-term cumulative effects on physical or mental health or functioning. Hazardous use of caffeine has not yet reached the level of having caused harm to physical or mental health of the user or others around the user. The pattern of caffeine use often persists in spite of awareness of increased risk of harm to the user or to others.

Index terms

Hazardous use of caffeine

Excludes

6C48 – Disorders due to use of caffeine

Exclusions from above levels

http://id.who.int/icd/entity/590211325 – Disorders due to substance use
QF21 – Difficulty or need for assistance with general life tasks or life management

Sibling codes

QE11.0 – Hazardous use of opioids
QE11.1 – Hazardous use of cannabis
QE11.2 – Hazardous use of sedatives, hypnotics or anxiolytics
QE11.3 – Hazardous use of cocaine
QE11.4 – Hazardous use of stimulants including amphetamines or methamphetamine
QE11.6 – Hazardous use of MDMA or related drugs
QE11.7 – Hazardous use of dissociative drugs including ketamine or PCP
QE11.8 – Hazardous use of other specified psychoactive substances
QE11.9 – Hazardous use of unknown or unspecified psychoactive substances
QE11.Y – Other specified hazardous drug use
QE11.Z – Hazardous drug use, unspecified

Foundation entity

Hazardous use of caffeine – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/656164398

Part of: QE11: Hazardous drug use › 24: Factors influencing health status or contact with health services