F68.1Intentional production or feigning of symptoms or disabilities, either physical or psychological [factitious 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
- Cố ý tạo ra hoặc nguỵ tạo triệu chứng hoặc khuyết tật hoặc thực thể hoặc tinh thần [rối loạn giả bệnh]
- Additional WHO coding guidance
- The patient feigns symptoms repeatedly for no obvious reason and may even inflict self-harm in order to produce symptoms or signs. The motivation is obscure and presumably internal with the aim of adopting the sick role. The disorder is often combined with marked disorders of personality and relationships. Hospital hopper syndrome Münchhausen syndrome Peregrinating patient Excl.: factitial dermatitis (L98.1) person feigning illness (with obvious motivation) (Z76.5)
Related F68 codes
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.
