VITiếng Việt
ICD-10 Vietnam

F64.0Transsexualism

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
Chuyển giới tính
Additional WHO coding guidance
A desire to live and be accepted as a member of the opposite sex, usually accompanied by a sense of discomfort with, or inappropriateness of, one's anatomic sex, and a wish to have surgery and hormonal treatment to make one's body as congruent as possible with one's preferred sex.

Related F64 codes

F64 Gender identity disorders F64.1 Primary diagnosis candidate Dual-role transvestism F64.2 Primary diagnosis candidate Gender identity disorder of childhood F64.8 Primary diagnosis candidate Other gender identity disorders F64.9 Primary diagnosis candidate Gender identity 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.