Wernicke's encephalopathy (Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome)
| ICD10 Diagnosis | |
| Dx: | Wernicke's encephalopathy (Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome) |
| ICD10 code: | E51.2 |
| Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | none assigned |
| Charlson/ALERT Scale: | none |
| APACHE Como Component: | none |
| APACHE Acute Component: | none |
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| Data Dependencies(Reports/Indicators/Data Elements): | No results |
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Additional Info
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is a neurological disorder caused by the lack of thiamine (vitamin B1). The disorder includes Wernicke encephalopathy and Korsakoff amnesic syndrome which are not different conditions but different stages of the same disease (Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernicke's_encephalopathy
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Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition
- Dementia, NOS
- Thiamine deficiency
- Vitamin deficiency, NOS
- Nutritional deficiency, NOS
- Malnutrition
- Cachexia
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