Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision Delirium, Dementia, and Amnestic and Other Cognitive Disorders > Introduction > Delirium > Delirium Due to Multiple Etiologies Topics Discussed: delirium due to multiple etiologies. Excerpt: "The Delirium Due to Multiple Etiologies category is included to alert clinicians to the common situation, particularly in critically ill and elderly hospitalized patients, in which the delirium has more than one etiology. For example, there may be more than one general medical condition etiologically related to the delirium (e.g., Delirium Due to Hepatic Encephalopathy, Delirium Due to Head Trauma), or the delirium may be due to the combined effects of a general medical condition (e.g., viral encephalitis) and substance use (e.g., Alcohol Withdrawal). A higher number of general medical conditions and substances is associated with a higher rate of delirium.Delirium Due to Multiple Etiologies does not have its own separate code and should not be recorded as a diagnosis. For example, to code a delirium due to both hepatic encephalopathy and withdrawal from alcohol, the clinician would list both 293.0 Delirium Due to Hepatic Encephalopathy and 291.0 Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium on Axis I and 572.2 hepatic encephalopathy on Axis III...." DOI: 10.1176/appi.books.9780890423349.8443 The content above is only an excerpt. For full access subscribe now or log into your account below. You can also purchase 24- or 48-hour access; learn more Username: Password:     Athens Login FORGOT your subscriber username and/or password? Get a reminder via email: The email I registered with is:  Not a subscriber? Subscribe Today PsychiatryOnline is a powerful website that features DSM-IV-TR® and The American Journal of Psychiatry as the cornerstones of an unsurpassed collection of psychiatric references, including books, journals, and self-assessment tools. PsychiatryOnline’s innovative platform makes these resources easy and convenient to use, offering Precise and powerful searching across books and journals. Quick pathways to related material. Mobile access from any computer with a Web connection. Ability to download any book section to PDA. Links from bibliographic references to the full text of journal articles. References to material not located in the PsychiatryOnline collection lead you to PubMed. Learn more about PsychiatryOnline Need more help? PsychiatryOnline Customer Service may be reached by emailing PsychiatryOnline@psych.org or by calling 800-368-5777 (in the U.S.) or 703-907-7322 (outside the U.S.).