(F44.0). The code for dissociative amnesia with dissociative fugue is 300.13 (F44.1).
Specify if:
300.13 (F44.1) With dissociative fugue:  Apparently purposeful travel or bewildered
wandering that is associated with amnesia for identity or for other important autobio-
graphical information.
Diagnostic Features
The defining characteristic of dissociative amnesia is an inability to recall important auto-
biographical information that 1) should be su ccessfully stored in me mory and 2) ordinar-
ily would be readily remembered (Criterion  A). Dissociative amnesia differs from the
permanent amnesias due to neurob iological damage or toxicity that prevent memory stor-
age or retrieval in that it is always potentially reversible because the memory has been suc-
cessfully stored. 
Localized amnesia,  a failure to recall events during a circumscribed period of time, is the
most common form of dissocia tive amnesia. Localized amnesi a may be broader than am-
nesia for a single traumatic event (e.g., months or years associated with child abuse or in-
tense combat). In selective amnesia,  the individual can recall some , but not all, of the events
during a circumscribed period of time. Thus, the individual may remember part of a trau-
matic event but not other parts. Some individu als report both localized and selective am-
nesias. 
Generalized amnesia,  a complete loss of memory for one’ s life history, is rare. Individuals
with generalized amnesia may forget personal  identity. Some lose previous knowledge
about the world (i.e., semantic knowledge) and can no longer access well-learned skills