VITiếng Việt
ICD-10 Vietnam

F43.1Post-traumatic stress disorder

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 V
Mental and behavioural disorders
Group F40-F48
Neurotic, stress- related and somatoform disorders
Official Vietnamese name
Rối loạn căng thẳng sau chấn thương
Additional WHO coding guidance
Arises as a delayed or protracted response to a stressful event or situation (of either brief or long duration) of an exceptionally threatening or catastrophic nature, which is likely to cause pervasive distress in almost anyone. Predisposing factors, such as personality traits (e.g. compulsive, asthenic) or previous history of neurotic illness, may lower the threshold for the development of the syndrome or aggravate its course, but they are neither necessary nor sufficient to explain its occurrence. Typical features include episodes of repeated reliving of the trauma in intrusive memories ("flashbacks"), dreams or nightmares, occurring against the persisting background of a sense of "numbness" and

Related F43 codes

F43 Reaction to severe stress, and adjustment disorders F43.0 Primary diagnosis candidate Acute stress reaction F43.2 Primary diagnosis candidate Adjustment disorders F43.8 Primary diagnosis candidate Other reactions to severe stress F43.9 Primary diagnosis candidate Reaction to severe stress, unspecified

Clinical record checklist

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  • 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.