Wiki HCC Documentation for Morbid Obesity

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I need some help finding documentation that will show the HCC CMS guidelines for coding Morbid Obesity and the BMI association. I can only find where >40 BMI is considered Morbidly obese but I am being told by many providers that if the pt is >30 WITH comorbidities they are considered morbidly obese... Now my question for Risk Adjustment is must they link the co morbidities to obesity as a cause and effect? like we do for DM? I really hope someone has the key for this. Everything I look up talks about ICD9

Thanks in advance

Debi Bales LVN,CPC,CRC
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Severe Obesity and high blood pressure

If a medical record indicates patient has severe obesity and also high blood pressure, as a coder can I report E66.01 for morbid obesity? The high blood pressure is considered a co-morbidity to severe obesity which then "bumps up" the diagnosis from severe to morbid. Any advice is appreciated. Thank you.
 
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