Diagnostic criteria for 294.1x Dementia Due to Other General Medical Conditions
(cautionary statement)
A. The development of multiple cognitive deficits manifested by both
(1) memory impairment (impaired ability to learn new information or to recall previously learned information)
(2) one (or more) of the following cognitive disturbances:
(a) aphasia (language disturbance)
(b) apraxia (impaired ability to carry out motor activities despite intact motor function)
(c) agnosia (failure to recognize or identify objects despite intact sensory function)
(d) disturbance in executive functioning
(i.e., planning, organizing, sequencing, abstracting)
B. The cognitive deficits in Criteria A1 and A2 each cause significant impairment in social or occupational functioning and represent a significant decline from a previous level of functioning.
C. There is evidence from the history, physical examination, or laboratory findings that the disturbance is the direct physiological consequence of one of the general medical conditions listed below.
D. The deficits do not occur exclusively during the course of a Delirium.
Code based on presence or absence of a clinically
significant behavioral disturbance.
294.10 Without Behavioral Disturbance: if the
cognitive disturbance is not accompanied by any clinically significant
behavioral disturbance.
294.11 With Behavioral Disturbance: if the cognitive disturbance is
accompanied by a clinically significant behavioral disturbance. (e.g.,
wandering, agitation).
Reprinted with permission from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision. Copyright 2000 American Psychiatric Association
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