VITiếng Việt
ICD-10 Vietnam

I50Heart failure

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Chapter IX
Diseases of the circulatory system
Group I30-I52
Other forms of heart disease
Official Vietnamese name
Suy tim
Additional WHO coding guidance
Excl.: complicating: abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.8) obstetric surgery and procedures (O75.4) due to hypertension (I11.0) with renal disease (I13.-) following cardiac surgery or due to presence of cardiac prosthesis (I97.1) neonatal cardiac failure (P29.0)

Related I50 codes

I50.0 Primary diagnosis candidate Congestive heart failure I50.1 Primary diagnosis candidate Left ventricular failure I50.9 Primary diagnosis candidate Heart failure, 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.