VITiếng Việt
ICD-10 Vietnam

R96Other sudden death, cause unknown

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Chapter XVIII
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified
Group R95-R99
Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality
Official Vietnamese name
Đột tử khác, không rõ nguyên nhân
Additional WHO coding guidance
Excl.: sudden: cardiac death, so described (I46.1) infant

Related R96 codes

R96.0 Primary diagnosis candidate Instantaneous death R96.1 Primary diagnosis candidate Death occurring less than 24 hours from onset of symptoms, not otherwise explained

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.