VITiếng Việt
ICD-10 Vietnam

A40Streptococcal sepsis Use additional code

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Chapter I
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
Group A30-A49
Other bacterial diseases
Official Vietnamese name
Nhiễm trùng hệ thống do liên cầu khuẩn
Additional WHO coding guidance
(R57.2) if desired, to identify septic shock. Excl.: during labour (O75.3) following: abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O03- O07, O08.0) immunization (T88.0) infusion, transfusion or therapeutic injection (T80.2) neonatal (P36.0-P36.1) postprocedural (T81.4) puerperal (O85)

Related A40 codes

A40.0 Primary diagnosis candidate Sepsis due to streptococcus, group A A40.1 Primary diagnosis candidate Sepsis due to streptococcus, group B A40.2 Primary diagnosis candidate Sepsis due to streptococcus, group D and enterococcus A40.3 Primary diagnosis candidate Sepsis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae A40.8 Primary diagnosis candidate Other streptococcal sepsis A40.9 Primary diagnosis candidate Streptococcal sepsis, unspecified

Clinical record checklist

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  • 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.