ICD-11 classes
09 Diseases of the visual system
Impairment of visual functions
Subjective visual experiences
9D56 — Visual release hallucinations
ICD-11 9D56 — Visual release hallucinations
Visual release hallucinations, also called Charles Bonnet syndrome, refer to the experience of complex visual hallucinations in a person who has experienced partial or complete loss of vision. Hallucinations are exclusively visual, usually temporary, and unrelated to mental and behavioural disorders.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
It excludes 1 item.
- Schizophrenia or other primary psychotic disorders (6A20-6A2Z)
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:
- Visual hallucinations #24082