D45Polycythaemia vera Note:
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.
- Chapter II
- Neoplasms
- Group D37-D48
- Neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behaviour
- Official Vietnamese name
- Đa hồng cầu
- Additional WHO coding guidance
- Polycythaemia vera has been reclassified in ICD-O Third Edition with a malignant code. The code D45 will continue to be used, although it is located in the chapter for Neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behaviour. The modification of its classification is reserved to the revision of ICD.
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.
