VITiếng Việt
ICD-10 Vietnam

P08.1Other heavy for gestational age infants

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 XVI
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
Group P05-P08
Disorders related to length of gestation and fetal growth
Official Vietnamese name
Trẻ nặng cân so với tuổi thai khác
Additional WHO coding guidance
Usually implies a birth weight >90th percentile for gestational age or 4000 g or more at term Other fetus or infant heavy- or large-for- dates regardless of period of gestation. Excl.: syndrome of infant of: diabetic mother (P70.1) mother with gestational diabetes (P70.0) Birth weight of 4500 g or more (P08.0)

Related P08 codes

P08 Disorders related to long gestation and high birth weight P08.0 Primary diagnosis candidate Exceptionally large baby P08.2 Primary diagnosis candidate Post-term infant, not heavy for gestational age

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.