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  2. ICD-10 - Wikipedia

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    ICD-10 is the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), a medical classification list by the World Health Organization (WHO). It contains codes for diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury or diseases. [ 1 ]

  3. Drug-induced amnesia - Wikipedia

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    People with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia are likely to benefit. By understanding the ways in which amnesia-inducing drugs interact with the brain, researchers hope to better understand the ways in which neurotransmitters aid in the formation of memory. By stimulating rather than depressing these neurotransmitters, memory may ...

  4. Amnesia - Wikipedia

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    Amnesia is a deficit in memory caused by brain damage or brain diseases, [1] but it can also be temporarily caused by the use of various sedative and hypnotic drugs. The memory can be either wholly or partially lost due to the extent of damage that is caused. [2] There are two main types of amnesia:

  5. Dementia - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 February 2025. Long-term brain disorders causing impaired memory, thinking and behavior This article is about the cognitive disorder. For other uses, see Dementia (disambiguation). "Senile" and "Demented" redirect here. For other uses, see Senile (disambiguation) and Demented (disambiguation). Medical ...

  6. International Classification of Diseases - Wikipedia

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    Adoption of ICD-10-CM was slow in the United States. Since 1979, the US had required ICD-9-CM codes [11] for Medicare and Medicaid claims, and most of the rest of the American medical industry followed suit. On 1 January 1999 the ICD-10 (without clinical extensions) was adopted for reporting mortality, but ICD-9-CM was still used for morbidity ...

  7. Other specified dissociative disorder - Wikipedia

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    The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10) refers to the diagnosis as "Other dissociative and conversion disorders". [2] Under the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, it was known as "Dissociative disorder not otherwise specified" (DDNOS).

  8. Agnosia - Wikipedia

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    Refers to people who do not perceive any auditory information but whose hearing is intact. Environmental agnosia: It is the inability to locate a specific room or building that one is familiar with, as well as the inability to provide directions for how to arrive at a particular location. These individuals experience difficulty with learning ...

  9. Medication phobia - Wikipedia

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    [10] Fears of medication use is also prevalent in people who have experienced unpleasant withdrawal effects from psychotropic drugs. [11] Sometimes patients wrongly associate symptoms of an acute disease or illness with medications used to treat the disease or illness.