F50Eating disorders
Code usage status
Primary diagnosis
Select a more specific code
Apply only when it matches the confirmed diagnosis and the documented clinical record.
Specificity
Do not use F50 directly
Use the most specific code supported by the record.
- Chapter V
- Mental and behavioural disorders
- Official Vietnamese name
- Rối loạn ăn uống
- Additional WHO coding guidance
- Excl.: anorexia NOS (R63.0) feeding: difficulties and mismanagement (R63.3) disorder of infancy or childhood (F98.2) polyphagia (R63.2)
Related F50 codes
F50.0
Primary diagnosis candidate
Anorexia nervosa
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
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.
