F053-char group
Delirium, not induced by alcohol and other psychoactive substances
⇄ Primary-code rule changed vs QĐ4469
Coding rules (TT06)
- ●Avoid — more specific 4-5 char codes exist (see below)
Coding guidance (WHO 2019)
An etiologically nonspecific organic cerebral syndrome characterized by concurrent disturbances of consciousness and attention, perception, thinking, memory, psychomotor behaviour, emotion, and the sleep-wake schedule. The duration is variable and the degree of severity ranges from mild to very severe. Incl.: acute or subacute: brain syndrome confusional state (nonalcoholic) infective psychosis organic reaction psycho-organic syndrome Excl.: delirium tremens, alcohol-induced or unspecified (F10.4)