ICD-11 classes
08 Diseases of the nervous system
Nutritional or toxic disorders of the nervous system
8D44 — Alcohol-related neurological disorders
6D84.0 — Dementia due to use of alcohol
ICD-11 6D84.0 — Dementia due to use of alcohol
Dementia due to use of alcohol is characterised by the development of persistent cognitive impairments (e.g., memory problems, language impairment, and an inability to perform complex motor tasks) that meet the definitional requirements of Dementia that are judged to be a direct consequence of alcohol use and that persist beyond the usual duration of alcohol intoxication or acute withdrawal. The intensity and duration of alcohol use must have been sufficient to produce the cognitive impairment. The cognitive impairment is not better accounted for by a disorder or disease that is not induced by alcohol such as a dementia due to another disorder or disease classified elsewhere.
It includes 1 item.
- Alcohol-induced dementia
It excludes 2 items.
- Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome (5B5A.1)
- Korsakoff syndrome (5B5A.11)
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: