F60.7

Applicable To

• Asthenic personality disorder)

• Inadequate personality disorder)

• Passive personality disorder)

Clinical Information

• A disorder characterized by an enduring pattern of an extreme need to be taken care of together with fear of separation that lead the individual to urgently seek out and submit to another person and allow that person to make decisions that impact all areas of the individual’s life.

• A personality disorder characterized by a pervasive and excessive need to be taken care of that leads to submissive and clinging behavior and fears of separation, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts. from dsm-iv, 1994)

• Inadequate responses to physical, social, and emotional demands; general ineptness and instability, despite absence of actual physical or mental deficit.

• Personality disorder characterized by pervasive patterns of dependent, passive, and submissive behavior.

Details

• F60.7 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 F60.7 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of F60.7 – other international versions of ICD-10 F60.7 may differ.