Disorientation

Description

Impairment in or loss of awareness of the position of the self in relation to place, time, situation, or other persons. In severe cases, the sense of personal identity may also be lost.

Index terms

Disorientation
mental confusion NOS

Exclusions from above levels

19 – Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
JA66 – Clinical findings on antenatal screening of mother

Sibling codes

MB21.0 – Age-associated cognitive decline
MB21.1 – Amnesia
MB21.2 – Anosognosia
MB21.3 – Confabulation
MB21.5 – Distractibility
MB21.6 – Impaired abstract thinking
MB21.7 – Impaired executive functioning
MB21.8 – Impaired judgment
MB21.9 – Perseveration
MB21.A – Poor concentration
MB21.B – Racing thoughts
MB21.Y – Other specified symptoms, signs or clinical findings involving cognition
MB21.Z – Symptoms, signs or clinical findings involving cognition, unspecified

Foundation entity

Disorientation – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1110239801

Part of: MB21: Symptoms, signs or clinical findings involving cognition › 21: Symptoms, signs or clinical findings, not elsewhere classified