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2006 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 331.82

Dementia with lewy bodies

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  • A neurodegenerative disease characterized by dementia, mild parkinsonism, and fluctuations in attention and alertness. The neuropsychiatric manifestations tend to precede the onset of bradykinesia, MUSCLE RIGIDITY, and other extrapyramidal signs. DELUSIONS and visual HALLUCINATIONS are relatively frequent in this condition. Histologic examination reveals LEWY BODIES in the CEREBRAL CORTEX and BRAIN STEM. SENILE PLAQUES and other pathologic features characteristic of ALZHEIMER DISEASE may also be present.
  • 331.82 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
  • 331.82 contains 4 index entries
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Alternate Terminology

  • Dementia with Parkinsonism
  • Lewy body dementia
  • Lewy body disease


 Index entries containing 331.82:

Dementia 294.8
  • Lewy body 331.82
    • with behavioral disturbance 331.82 [294.11]
      • without behavioral disturbance 331.82 [294.10]
      Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
      • Lewy body 331.82
        • with dementia
          • with behavioral disturbance 331.82 [294.11]
            • without behavioral disturbance 331.82 [294.10]
          Lewy body dementia 331.82
            Lewy body disease 331.82