Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 294.0
Amnestic disorder in conditions classified elsewhere
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • ICD-9-CM 294.0 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 294.0 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 294.0 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM F04 Amnestic disorder due to known physiological condition
Approximate Synonyms
  • Amnesia due to a general medical condition
  • Amnestic disorder
  • Amnestic disorder due to medical disorder
  • Amnestic syndrome, confabulatory
  • Confabulation
  • Korsakoff syndrome, nonalcoholic
  • Korsakoff syndrome, nonalcoholic, code first primary condition
  • Korsakoffs psychosis
  • Korsakoff's psychosis
  • Non-alcoholic Korsakoff's psychosis
  • Posttraumatic amnesia
  • Post-traumatic amnesia
  • Wernicke Korsakoff syndrome, alcoholic
294.0 Excludes
  • alcoholic:
    • amnestic syndrome (291.1)
    • Korsakoff's psychosis (291.1)
Applies To
  • Korsakoff's psychosis or syndrome (nonalcoholic)
Code First
  • Code first underlying condition
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 294.0:
  • Amentia (see also Disability, intellectual) 319
    • Meynert's (nonalcoholic) 294.0
  • Amnestic (confabulatory) syndrome 294.0
    • alcohol-induced persisting 291.1
    • drug-induced persisting 292.83
    • posttraumatic 294.0
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • Korsakoff's (nonalcoholic) 294.0
  • Disorder - see also Disease
    • amnestic (see also Amnestic syndrome) 294.8
      • alcohol-induced peristing 291.1
      • drug-induced persisting 292.83
      • in conditions classified elsewhere 294.0
  • Korsakoff (-Wernicke) disease, psychosis, or syndrome (nonalcoholic) 294.0
  • Meynert's amentia (nonalcoholic) 294.0
  • Psychosis 298.9
    • Korsakoff's, Korakov's, Korsakow's (nonalcoholic) 294.0
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • amnestic (confabulatory) 294.0
      • alcohol-induced persisting 291.1
      • drug-induced 292.83
      • posttraumatic 294.0
    • Korsakoff's (nonalcoholic) 294.0
    • Korsakoff (-Wernicke) (nonalcoholic) 294.0
    • Wernicke-Korsakoff (nonalcoholic) 294.0
  • Toxemica cerebropathia psychica (nonalcoholic) 294.0
  • Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome or psychosis (nonalcoholic) 294.0
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