MB25.01

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Tangentiality

Description

A disturbance in the associative thought process typically manifest in speech in which the person tends to digress readily from the topic under discussion to other topics through associations without ever returning to the original topic.

Index terms

  • Tangentiality

Exclusions from above levels

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

Sibling codes

  • MB25.00 – Circumstantiality
  • 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

Tangentiality – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1035925984

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