B83.8Other specified helminthiases
Code usage status
Primary diagnosis
May be used as the primary diagnosis
Apply only when it matches the confirmed diagnosis and the documented clinical record.
Specificity
Complete code in the classification
Use when the diagnosis matches and no exclusion applies.
- Group B65-B83
- Helminthiases
- Official Vietnamese name
- Bệnh nhiễm giun sán xác định khác
- Additional WHO coding guidance
- Acanthocephaliasis Gongylonemiasis Hepatic capillariasis Metastrongyliasis Thelaziasis
Related B83 codes
B83
Other helminthiases
B83.0
Primary diagnosis candidate
Visceral larva migrans
B83.1
Primary diagnosis candidate
Gnathostomiasis
B83.2
Primary diagnosis candidate
Angiostrongyliasis due to Parastrongylus cantonensis
B83.3
Primary diagnosis candidate
Syngamiasis
B83.4
Primary diagnosis candidate
Internal hirudiniasis Excl.: external
B83.9
Primary diagnosis candidate
Helminthiasis, 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.
