2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 301.3
Explosive personality disorder
- form of behavior which leads to self-assertion; it may arise from innate drives and/or a response to frustration; may be manifested by destructive and attacking behavior, by covert attitudes of hostility and obstructionism, or by healthy self-expressive drive to mastery.
- Tendency to display unpredictable and rapidly changing emotions or moods.
- Disorder characterized by discrete episodes of loss of control of aggressive impulses that may result in serious assault or destruction of property.
- ICD-9-CM 301.3 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
301.3 Alternative Terminology
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ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 301.3:
personality 
affective 
