B74Filariasis
Code usage status
Primary diagnosis
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Specificity
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- Group B65-B83
- Helminthiases
- Official Vietnamese name
- Bệnh nhiễm giun chỉ bạch huyết [Filariasis]
- Additional WHO coding guidance
- Excl.: onchocerciasis (B73) tropical (pulmonary) eosinophilia NOS (J82)
Related B74 codes
B74.0
Primary diagnosis candidate
Filariasis due to Wuchereria bancrofti
B74.1
Primary diagnosis candidate
Filariasis due to Brugia malayi
B74.2
Primary diagnosis candidate
Filariasis due to Brugia timori
B74.3
Primary diagnosis candidate
Loiasis
B74.4
Primary diagnosis candidate
Mansonelliasis
B74.8
Primary diagnosis candidate
Other filariases
B74.9
Primary diagnosis candidate
Filariasis, 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.