# 178 - 6C7Z Impulse control disorder, unspecified

# 6C7Z Impulse control disorder, unspecified

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Impulse control disorders
Other specified impulse control disorder
Essential (required) features
• The presentation is characterized by symptoms that share primary clinical features with 
other impulse control disorders; that is, persistently repeated behaviours in which there 
is failure to resist an impulse, drive or urge to perform an act that is rewarding to the 
person – at least in the short term – despite negative consequences such as longer-term 
harm either to the individual or to others.
• The symptoms do not fulfil the diagnostic requirements for any other disorder in the 
impulse control disorders grouping.
• The symptoms are not characterized by recurrent and habitual actions directed at the 
integument (e.g. skin and hair), which should be classified under body-focused repetitive 
behaviour disorders.
• The symptoms are not characterized by gambling, gaming or other addictive behaviours.
• The symptoms are not better accounted for by another mental disorder (e.g. dementia, a 
disorder due to addictive behaviours, an obsessive-compulsive or related disorder).
• The symptoms or behaviours are not developmentally appropriate or culturally sanctioned.
• The symptoms or behaviours are not a manifestation of another medical condition, and 
are not due to the effects of a substance or medication on the central nervous system (e.g. 
methamfetamine or dopamine agonists such as pramipexole for Parkinson disease or 
restless legs syndrome), including substance intoxication and withdrawal effects.
• The symptoms result in significant distress or significant impairment in personal, family, 
social, educational, occupational or other important areas of functioning.
Impulse control disorder, unspecified
6C7Y
6C7Z
Impulse control disorders | Other specified impulse control disorder

Clinical Descriptions and Diagnostic Requirements for ICD-11 Mental, Behavioural or Neurodevelopmental Disorders