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ICD-10 Codes for Obesity Management. Tip Sheet. When coding for obesity, code for both the obesity diagnosis as well as BMI. Obesity codes: E66.1 Drug-induced obesity. E66.2 Severe obesity with alveolar hypoventilation. E66.3 Overweight. E66.8 Other obesity.
Obesity, Morbid - The condition of weighing two, three, or more times the ideal weight, so called because it is associated with many serious and life-threatening disorders. In the BODY MASS INDEX, morbid obesity is defined as having a BMI greater than 40.0 kg/m2.
Body mass index (BMI) . The preferred obesity metric in research is body fat percentage (BF%) – the ratio of the total weight of a person’s fat to his or her body weight. Accurate measurement of BF% is much more difficult than measurement of BMI; however, BMI can be used to approximate BF%.
E66 is a non-specific and non-billable diagnosis code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of overweight and obesity. The code is not specific and is NOT valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
E66.9 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of obesity, unspecified. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024.
Get crucial instructions for accurate ICD-10-CM E66 coding with all applicable Excludes 1 and Excludes 2 notes from the section level conveniently shown with each code.
ICD-10 Codes for Overweight and Obesity. BMI percentile. Diagnosis. ICD-10. 85th - 94th.
