VITiếng Việt
ICD-10 Vietnam

R59Enlarged lymph nodes

Code usage status

Primary diagnosis

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Specificity

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Chapter XVIII
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified
Group R50-R69
General symptoms and signs
Official Vietnamese name
Chứng phì đại hạch bạch huyết
Additional WHO coding guidance
Incl.: swollen glands Excl.: lymphadenitis: NOS (I88.9) acute (L04.-) chronic (I88.1) mesenteric

Related R59 codes

R59.0 Primary diagnosis candidate Localized enlarged lymph nodes R59.1 Primary diagnosis candidate Generalized enlarged lymph nodes R59.9 Primary diagnosis candidate Enlarged lymph nodes, 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.