F52 — Sexual dysfunction, not caused by organic disorder or disease

Concept, in one sentence

F52 requires a persistent or recurrent sexual difficulty causing genuine distress, with organic and medication-related causes excluded.

Decisive boundary cues

• Persistent, recurrent difficulty, genuine distress, organic/medication causes excluded -> weighs toward the matching F52 subtype.
• A single occasion tied to tiredness or a stressful period -> weighs against any F52 subtype.
• Onset closely tied to a new medication or a newly diagnosed medical condition -> weighs toward an organic cause instead.

Duration/course cue

Recurrence and persistence over time are more decisive than a fixed duration count.

Nearest alternatives

f53, f45

Common mistake

Treating a single occasion of sexual difficulty during a stressful or tiring period as evidence of a sexual dysfunction disorder.

Retrieval prompt — one-line memory anchor

Is this difficulty persistent or recurrent and genuinely distressing, or an isolated occasion during a stressful period?