Dissociative amnesia
Coding guidance (WHO 2019)
The main feature is loss of memory, usually of important recent events, that is not due to organic mental disorder, and is too great to be explained by ordinary forgetfulness or fatigue. The amnesia is usually centred on traumatic events, such as accidents or unexpected bereavements, and is usually partial and selective. Complete and generalized amnesia is rare, and is usually part of a fugue (F44.1). If this is the case, the disorder should be classified as such. The diagnosis should not be made in the presence of organic brain disorders, intoxication, or excessive fatigue. Excl.: alcohol- or other psychoactive substance-induced amnesic disorder (F10-F19 with common fourth character .6) amnesia: NOS (R41.3) anterograde (R41.1) retrograde (R41.2) nonalcoholic organic amnesic syndrome (F04) postictal amnesia in epilepsy (G40.-)