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== Additional Info == | == Additional Info == | ||
*The subcategories of BMI ( [http://www.bmicalculator.org/body-mass-index-formula/ body mass index formula]) are: | *The subcategories of BMI ( [http://www.bmicalculator.org/body-mass-index-formula/ body mass index formula]) are: | ||
**Overweight: BMI | **Overweight: BMI=25.0-29.9 | ||
**Obese: BMI | **Obese: BMI=30.0-39.9 | ||
**Severe (morbid) obesity: BMI>40 | **Severe (morbid) obesity: BMI>=40 | ||
*Thus in general we should use this code if BMI > 40. If obese (BMI | *Thus in general we should use this code if BMI >+ 40. If obese (BMI=30.0-39.9 then use '''[[Obesity, NOS]]''') | ||
== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | == Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == |
Revision as of 16:07, 2018 March 7
ICD10 Diagnosis | |
Dx: | Obesity, morbid (severe, BMI gte 40) |
ICD10 code: | E66.8 |
Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | Obesity |
Charlson/ALERT Scale: | none |
APACHE Como Component: | none |
APACHE Acute Component: | 2019-0: Renal/Metabolic NOS, 2019-0: Metabolic/Renal NOS |
Start Date: | |
Stop Date: | |
External ICD10 Documentation |
This diagnosis is a part of ICD10 collection.
Additional Info
- The subcategories of BMI ( body mass index formula) are:
- Overweight: BMI=25.0-29.9
- Obese: BMI=30.0-39.9
- Severe (morbid) obesity: BMI>=40
- Thus in general we should use this code if BMI >+ 40. If obese (BMI=30.0-39.9 then use Obesity, NOS)
Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition
- Obesity, morbid (severe)
- Eating disorder
- Weight gain, abnormal
- Behavioral disorder, NOS
- Obesity-hypoventilation syndrome (Pickwick syndrome)
- Metabolic Syndrome (Syndrome X)
- Adipose (fat), noninfectious inflammatory disorder (panniculitis)
- Cushing's syndrome, NOS
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