Organic amnesic syndrome, not induced by alcohol and other psychoactive substances

Coding guidance (WHO 2019)

A syndrome of prominent impairment of recent and remote memory while immediate recall is preserved, with reduced ability to learn new material and disorientation in time. Confabulation may be a marked feature, but perception and other cognitive functions, including the intellect, are usually intact. The prognosis depends on the course of the underlying lesion. Incl.: Korsakov psychosis or syndrome, nonalcoholic Excl.: amnesia: NOS (R41.3) anterograde (R41.1) dissociative (F44.0) retrograde (R41.2) Korsakov syndrome: alcohol-induced or unspecified (F10.6) induced by other psychoactive substances (F11-F19 with common fourth character .6)