R603-char group
Oedema, not elsewhere classified
⇄ Primary-code rule changed vs QĐ4469
Coding rules (TT06)
- ●Avoid — more specific 4-5 char codes exist (see below)
Coding guidance (WHO 2019)
Excl.: ascites (R18) hydrops fetalis NOS (P83.2) hydrothorax (J94.8) oedema (of): angioneurotic (T78.3) cerebral (G93.6) cerebral: due to birth injury (P11.0) gestational (O12.0) hereditary (Q82.0) larynx (J38.4) malnutrition (E40-E46) nasopharynx (J39.2) newborn (P83.3) pharynx (J39.2) pulmonary (J81)