B05Measles
Code usage status
Primary diagnosis
Select a more specific code
Apply only when it matches the confirmed diagnosis and the documented clinical record.
Specificity
Do not use B05 directly
Use the most specific code supported by the record.
- Official Vietnamese name
- Bệnh sởi
- Additional WHO coding guidance
- Incl.: morbilli Excl.: subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (A81.1)
Related B05 codes
B05.0
Primary diagnosis candidate
Measles complicated by encephalitis (G05.1*)
B05.1
Primary diagnosis candidate
Measles complicated by meningitis (G02.0*)
B05.2
Primary diagnosis candidate
Measles complicated by pneumonia (J17.1*)
B05.3
Primary diagnosis candidate
Measles complicated by otitis media (H67.1*)
B05.4
Primary diagnosis candidate
Measles with intestinal complications
B05.8
Primary diagnosis candidate
Measles with other complications
B05.9
Primary diagnosis candidate
Measles without complication
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.
