R68.3Clubbing of fingers
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 XVIII
- Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified
- Group R50-R69
- General symptoms and signs
- Official Vietnamese name
- Ngón tay dùi trống
- Additional WHO coding guidance
- hyposecretion (K11.7) Excl.: congenital clubfinger (Q68.1) congenital clubnail (Q84.6)
Related R68 codes
R68
Other general symptoms and signs
R68.0
Primary diagnosis candidate
Hypothermia, not associated with low environmental temperature
R68.1
Primary diagnosis candidate
Nonspecific symptoms peculiar to infancy
R68.2
Primary diagnosis candidate
Dry mouth, unspecified
R68.8
Primary diagnosis candidate
Other specified general symptoms and signs
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.
