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ICD-10 Vietnam

F50.0Anorexia nervosa

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 F50-F59
Behavioural syndromes associated with physiological disturbances and physical factors
Official Vietnamese name
Chán ăn tâm thần
Additional WHO coding guidance
A disorder characterized by deliberate weight loss, induced and sustained by the patient. It occurs most commonly in adolescent girls and young women, but adolescent boys and young men may also be affected, as may children approaching puberty and older women up to the menopause. The disorder is associated with a specific psychopathology whereby a dread of fatness and flabbiness of body contour persists as an intrusive overvalued idea, and the patients impose a low weight threshold on themselves. There is usually undernutrition of varying severity with secondary endocrine and metabolic changes and disturbances of bodily function. The symptoms include restricted dietary

Related F50 codes

F50 Eating disorders F50.1 Primary diagnosis candidate Atypical anorexia nervosa F50.2 Primary diagnosis candidate Bulimia nervosa F50.3 Primary diagnosis candidate Atypical bulimia nervosa F50.4 Primary diagnosis candidate Overeating associated with other psychological disturbances F50.5 Primary diagnosis candidate Vomiting associated with other psychological disturbances F50.8 Primary diagnosis candidate Other eating disorders F50.9 Primary diagnosis candidate Eating disorder, 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.