F60.3Emotionally unstable personality 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 F60-F69
- Disorders of adult personality and behaviour
- Official Vietnamese name
- Rối loạn nhân cách cảm xúc không ổn định
- Additional WHO coding guidance
- Personality disorder characterized by a definite tendency to act impulsively and without consideration of the consequences; the mood is unpredictable and capricious. There is a liability to outbursts of emotion and an incapacity to control the behavioural explosions. There is a tendency to quarrelsome behaviour and to conflicts with others, especially when impulsive acts are thwarted or censored. Two types may be distinguished: the impulsive type, characterized predominantly by emotional instability and lack of impulse control, and the borderline type, characterized in addition by disturbances in self- image, aims, and internal preferences,
Related F60 codes
F60
Specific personality disorders
F60.0
Primary diagnosis candidate
Paranoid personality disorder
F60.1
Primary diagnosis candidate
Schizoid personality disorder
F60.2
Primary diagnosis candidate
Dissocial personality disorder
F60.4
Primary diagnosis candidate
Histrionic personality disorder
F60.5
Primary diagnosis candidate
Anankastic personality disorder
F60.6
Primary diagnosis candidate
Anxious [avoidant] personality disorder
F60.7
Primary diagnosis candidate
Dependent personality disorder
F60.8
Primary diagnosis candidate
Other specific personality disorders
F60.9
Primary diagnosis candidate
Personality 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.
