ICD-11 code : 6C21;
Preferred Label : Body integrity dysphoria;
ICD-11 definition : Body integrity dysphoria is characterised by an intense and persistent desire to become
physically disabled in a significant way (e.g. major limb amputee, paraplegic, blind),
with onset by early adolescence accompanied by persistent discomfort, or intense feelings
of inappropriateness concerning current non-disabled body configuration. The desire
to become physically disabled results in harmful consequences, as manifested by either
the preoccupation with the desire (including time spent pretending to be disabled)
significantly interfering with productivity, with leisure activities, or with social
functioning (e.g. person is unwilling to have a close relationship because it would
make it difficult to pretend) or by attempts to actually become disabled having resulted
in the person putting his or her health or life in significant jeopardy. The disturbance
is not better accounted for by another mental, behavioural or neurodevelopmental disorder,
by a Disease of the Nervous System or by another medical condition, or by Malingering.;
ICD-11 synonym : body integrity identity disorder; amputee identity disorder; BIID - [body integrity identity disorder]; apotemnophilia; xenomelia;
ICD-11 acronym : BIID;
Origin ID : 256572629;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Validated automatic mappings to BTNT
Body integrity dysphoria is characterised by an intense and persistent desire to become
physically disabled in a significant way (e.g. major limb amputee, paraplegic, blind),
with onset by early adolescence accompanied by persistent discomfort, or intense feelings
of inappropriateness concerning current non-disabled body configuration. The desire
to become physically disabled results in harmful consequences, as manifested by either
the preoccupation with the desire (including time spent pretending to be disabled)
significantly interfering with productivity, with leisure activities, or with social
functioning (e.g. person is unwilling to have a close relationship because it would
make it difficult to pretend) or by attempts to actually become disabled having resulted
in the person putting his or her health or life in significant jeopardy. The disturbance
is not better accounted for by another mental, behavioural or neurodevelopmental disorder,
by a Disease of the Nervous System or by another medical condition, or by Malingering.
