Circumstantiality

Description

A relatively mild disturbance in the associative thought process typically manifest in speech or writing characterised by delay in getting to the point because of the interpolation of unnecessary details and irrelevant parenthetical remarks.

Index terms

Circumstantiality
Verbosity and circumstantial detail obscuring reason for contact

Exclusions from above levels

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

Sibling codes

MB25.01 – Tangentiality
MB25.02 – Disorganised thinking
MB25.03 – Incoherence
MB25.0Y – Other specified symptoms or signs of thought disorder
MB25.0Z – Symptoms or signs of thought disorder, unspecified

Foundation entity

Circumstantiality – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/180029677

Part of: MB25.0: Symptoms or signs of thought disorder › MB25: Symptoms or signs involving form of thought › 21: Symptoms, signs or clinical findings, not elsewhere classified