Wiki HCC Documentation for Morbid Obesity

[debi7478]

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

 

[CodingKing]

The requirements have not changed from ICD-9 to ICD-10 on what needs to be documented to code Morbid obesity


https://www.capstoneperformancesyst...menting-and-coding-for-morbid-obesity-hcc-22/

http://www.hcpro.com/content.cfm?content_id=306189

http://www.hccuniversity.com/hcc-university/ask-a-coder/

 

[Tinakim18]

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.