A04Other bacterial intestinal infections
Code usage status
Primary diagnosis
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Apply only when it matches the confirmed diagnosis and the documented clinical record.
Specificity
Do not use A04 directly
Use the most specific code supported by the record.
- Group A00-A09
- Intestinal infectious diseases
- Official Vietnamese name
- Nhiễm trùng đường ruột do vi khuẩn khác
- Additional WHO coding guidance
- Excl.: foodborne intoxications elsewhere classified tuberculous enteritis (A18.3)
Related A04 codes
A04.0
Primary diagnosis candidate
Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli infection
A04.1
Primary diagnosis candidate
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli infection
A04.2
Primary diagnosis candidate
Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli infection
A04.3
Primary diagnosis candidate
Enterohaemorrhagi c Escherichia coli infection
A04.4
Primary diagnosis candidate
Other intestinal Escherichia coli infections
A04.5
Primary diagnosis candidate
Campylobacter enteritis
A04.6
Primary diagnosis candidate
Enteritis due to Yersinia enterocolitica
A04.7
Primary diagnosis candidate
Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile
A04.8
Primary diagnosis candidate
Other specified bacterial intestinal infections
A04.9
Primary diagnosis candidate
Bacterial intestinal infection, unspecified
Clinical record checklist
View coding guide →- Confirm that the code matches the final documented diagnosis.
- Use one primary-diagnosis code and record only relevant additional conditions.
- Review Ministry indicators, inclusions, exclusions and notes.
- Do not infer a diagnosis beyond the clinical record.
2026 regulatory basis
Indicators are taken from columns 24–29 of the classification accompanying Circular 06/2026/TT-BYT, cross-referenced with Decision 1849/QĐ-BYT and Official Dispatch 4059/BYT-BH.
