Catalog

Mental disorder affecting disorders or diseases classified elsewhere

6E40.0

Link to WHO Definition

Mental disorder affecting disorders or diseases classified elsewhere – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1553197895

All diagnostic requirements for Psychological or behavioural factors affecting disorders or diseases classified elsewhere are met. The individual is diagnosed with a mental, behavioural, or neurodevelopmental disorder that adversely affects the manifestation, treatment, or course of a disorder or disease classified in another chapter (e.g., a woman with Bulimia Nervosa and Type 1 diabetes mellitus who skips insulin doses as a way to avoid weight gain that would otherwise be caused by her binge eating).

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