Obesity, NOS (BMI 30.0 to 39.9): Difference between revisions
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**Overweight: BMI>25 | **Overweight: BMI>25 | ||
**Obese: BMI>30 | **Obese: BMI>30 | ||
**Severe (morbid) obesity: BMI>40 | |||
*Thus in general we should code a person as obese if their BMI is >30. | *Thus in general we should code a person as obese if their BMI is >30. | ||
== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | == Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | ||
*[[Obesity, morbid (severe)]] | |||
*[[Eating disorder]] | *[[Eating disorder]] | ||
*[[Weight gain, abnormal]] | *[[Weight gain, abnormal]] | ||