F02*Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere
Code usage status
Primary diagnosis
Must not be used as the primary diagnosis
Apply only when it matches the confirmed diagnosis and the documented clinical record.
Specificity
Do not use F02* directly
Use the most specific code supported by the record.
- Chapter V
- Mental and behavioural disorders
- Group F00-F09
- Organic, including symptomatic, mental disorders
- Official Vietnamese name
- Sa sút trí tuệ do bệnh khác đã phân loại mục khác
- Additional WHO coding guidance
- Cases of dementia due, or presumed to be due, to causes other than Alzheimer disease or cerebrovascular disease. Onset may be at any time in life, though rarely in old age.
Related F02 codes
F02.0*
Dementia in Pick disease (G31.0)
F02.1*
Dementia in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (A81.0)
F02.2*
Dementia in Huntington disease (G10)
F02.3*
Dementia in Parkinson disease (G20)
F02.4*
Dementia in human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease (B22.0)
F02.8*
Dementia in other specified diseases classified elsewhere
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.
