Chapter 18 - Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)»Symptoms and signs involving cognition, perception, emotional state and behavior (R40-R46)»Obsessive-compulsive behavior (R46.81)
R46.81
Obsessive-compulsive behavior
Related indications (MeSH) (1)
Compulsive Behavior4 drugs (4 approved)
The behavior of performing an act persistently and repetitively without it leading to reward or pleasure. The act is usually a small, circumscribed behavior, almost ritualistic, yet not pathologically disturbing. Examples of compulsive behavior include twirling of hair, checking something constantly, not wanting pennies in change, straightening tilted pictures, etc.