D53Other nutritional anaemias
Code usage status
Primary diagnosis
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Apply only when it matches the confirmed diagnosis and the documented clinical record.
Specificity
Do not use D53 directly
Use the most specific code supported by the record.
- 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 do thiếu dinh dưỡng khác
- Additional WHO coding guidance
- Incl.: megaloblastic anaemia unresponsive to vitamin B12 or folate therapy
Related D53 codes
D53.0
Primary diagnosis candidate
Protein deficiency anaemia
D53.1
Primary diagnosis candidate
Other megaloblastic anaemias, not elsewhere classified
D53.2
Primary diagnosis candidate
Scorbutic anaemia
D53.8
Primary diagnosis candidate
Other specified nutritional anaemias
D53.9
Primary diagnosis candidate
Nutritional 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.
