MB21.5

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Distractibility

Description

Difficulty focusing on tasks; attention is easily diverted by extraneous stimuli.

Index terms

  • Distractibility

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
  • MB21.4 – Disorientation
  • 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

Distractibility – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1112468506

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