O60Preterm labour and delivery
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 O60 directly
Use the most specific code supported by the record.
- Chapter XV
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
- Group O60-O75
- Complications of labour and delivery
- Official Vietnamese name
- Chuyển dạ và đẻ sớm
- Additional WHO coding guidance
- Incl.: Onset (spontaneous) of labour before 37 completed weeks of gestation
Related O60 codes
O60.0
Primary diagnosis candidate
Preterm labour without delivery
O60.1
Primary diagnosis candidate
Preterm spontaneous labour with preterm delivery
O60.2
Primary diagnosis candidate
Preterm spontaneous labour with term delivery
O60.3
Primary diagnosis candidate
Preterm delivery without spontaneous labour
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.
