F63.9

Applicable To

• Impulse control disorder NOS

Approximate Synonyms

• Impulse control disorder

• Impulse control disorder in remission

Clinical Information

• A category of psychiatric disorders whose essential features are the failure to resist an impulse to perform an act that is harmful to the individual or to others. Individuals typically experience an increased sense of tension prior to the act and then pleasure, gratification or release of tension at the time of committing the act.

• Disorders whose essential features are the failure to resist an impulse, drive, or temptation to perform an act that is harmful to the individual or to others. Individuals experience an increased sense of tension prior to the act and pleasure, gratification or release of tension at the time of committing the act.

• Mental disorders characterized by an intense need to gratify one’s immediate desires and failure to resist the impulse or temptation.

Details

• F63.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

• The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM F63.9 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of F63.9 – other international versions of ICD-10 F63.9 may differ.