The World Health Organization implemented Compulsive Sexual Behavior as a disorder in the International Classification of Diseases, version 11, (ICD-11) a change that took effect in 2022. This illness was not included in the previous version, the ICD-10. This compulsion is described as "evidenced by a chronic pattern of inability to control powerful, recurrent sexual impulses or desires resulting in repetitive sexual behavior," which is taken from the official diagnostic handbook.

This is a significant step forward in helping to treat, and relieve the pain, of those who are experiencing the negative consequences of compulsive sexual behavior in their, or their partners, lives.