Amnesia

Definition

An inability to recall past experiences, especially where recall is to be expected.

Exclusions

• Dissociative disorders

5 subordinate codes

• MB21.10Anterograde amnesia
• MB21.11Retrograde amnesia
• MB21.12Transient global amnesia
• 4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system
• 4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified

Nearby in Symptoms, signs or clinical findings involving cognition

• MB21.0Age-associated cognitive decline
• MB21.2Anosognosia
• MB21.3Confabulation
• MB21.4Disorientation
• MB21.5Distractibility
• MB21.6Impaired abstract thinking
• MB21.7Impaired executive functioning
• MB21.8Impaired judgment