VITiếng Việt
ICD-10 Vietnam

P12.8Other birth injuries to scalp

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 P10-P15
Birth trauma
Official Vietnamese name
Tổn thương da đầu khi sinh khác

Related P12 codes

P12 Birth injury to scalp P12.0 Primary diagnosis candidate Cephalhaematoma due to birth injury P12.1 Primary diagnosis candidate Chignon due to birth injury P12.2 Primary diagnosis candidate Epicranial subaponeurotic haemorrhage due to birth injury P12.3 Primary diagnosis candidate Bruising of scalp due to birth injury P12.4 Primary diagnosis candidate Monitoring injury of scalp of newborn P12.9 Primary diagnosis candidate Birth injury to scalp, 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.