F44.5Dissociative convulsions
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
- Co giật phân ly
- Additional WHO coding guidance
- Dissociative convulsions may mimic epileptic seizures very closely in terms of movements, but tongue-biting, bruising due to falling, and incontinence of urine are rare, and consciousness is maintained or replaced by a state of stupor or trance.
Related F44 codes
F44
Dissociative [conversion] disorders
F44.0
Primary diagnosis candidate
Dissociative amnesia
F44.1
Primary diagnosis candidate
Dissociative fugue
F44.2
Primary diagnosis candidate
Dissociative stupor
F44.3
Primary diagnosis candidate
Trance and possession disorders
F44.4
Primary diagnosis candidate
Dissociative motor disorders
F44.6
Primary diagnosis candidate
Dissociative anaesthesia and sensory loss
F44.7
Primary diagnosis candidate
Mixed dissociative [conversion] disorders
F44.8
Primary diagnosis candidate
Other dissociative [conversion] disorders
F44.9
Primary diagnosis candidate
Dissociative [conversion] disorder, 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.
