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title: 307.51 Bulimia Nervosa - Subtypes
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The following subtypes can be used to specify the presence or absence of regular use of purging methods as a means to compensate for the binge eating:

***Purging Type*** This subtype describes presentations in which the person has regularly engaged in self-induced vomiting or the misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or enemas during the current episode.

***Nonpurging Type*** This subtype describes presentations in which the personas used other inappropriate compensatory behaviors, such as fasting or excessive exercise, but has not regularly engaged in self-induced vomiting or the misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or enemas during the current episode.

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