D51.3Other dietary vitamin B12 deficiency anaemia
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 III
- Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism
- Group D50-D53
- Nutritional anaemias
- Official Vietnamese name
- Thiếu máu thiếu vitamin B12 trong chế độ ăn khác
- Additional WHO coding guidance
- Vegan anaemia
Related D51 codes
D51
Vitamin B12 deficiency anaemia
D51.0
Primary diagnosis candidate
Vitamin B12 deficiency anaemia due to intrinsic factor deficiency
D51.1
Primary diagnosis candidate
Vitamin B12 deficiency anaemia due to selective vitamin B12 malabsorption with proteinuria
D51.2
Primary diagnosis candidate
Transcobalamin II deficiency
D51.8
Primary diagnosis candidate
Other vitamin B12 deficiency anaemias
D51.9
Primary diagnosis candidate
Vitamin B12 deficiency anaemia, 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.
