| PREVIOUS | NEXT | MAIN PAGE | HiDoctor'98 Home |

293 Transient organic psychotic conditions

          States characterized by clouded consciousness, confusion, disorientation,
          illusions and often vivid hallucinations. They are usually due to some intra-
          or extracerebral toxic, infectious, metabolic or other systemic disturbance
          and are generally reversible. Depressive and paranoid symptoms may also be
          present but are not the main feature. Use additional code to identify the
          associated physical or neurological condition.
          Excludes: confusional state or delirium superimposed on senile dementia
           (290.3)
           dementia due to:
           alcohol (291.-)
           arteriosclerosis (290.4)
           senility (290.0)

293.0 Acute delirium

          Short-lived states, lasting hours or days, of the above type.
          Acute: Acute:
           delirium psychosis associated with endocrine,
           infective psychosis metabolic, or cerebrovascular
           organic reaction disorder
           post-traumatic organic Epileptic:
           psychosis confusional state
           psycho-organic syndrome twilight state

293.1 Subacute confusional state

          States of the above type in which the symptoms, usually less florid, last for
          several weeks or longer, during which they may show marked fluctuations in
          intensity.
          Subacute: Subacute:
           delirium psycho-organic syndrome
           infective psychosis psychosis associated with endocrine or
           organic reaction metabolic disorder
           post-traumatic organic psychosis

293.8 Other

293.9 Unspecified

          | NEXT |