Wiki Obesity

[jenniepat]

What specific icd10 dx code do you use for childhood obesity ... would that be other forms of obesity? is there anything more specific other than BMI? also in order to use excess in calories, do the physicians notes have to indicate "excess in calories" or can the notes say "due to sugary foods"

appreciate your input

 

[yanetsi]

Good morning,

I think for childhood obesity you can code E66.9. and Z68.5 as secondary code. Other forms of obesity applies to endocrine, endogenous, familial, etc. obesity and in that case provider should document specific type of obesity in the progress note. I would capture excess calories if provider uses that verbiage or if possible query the provider for more specific documentation "due to sugary foods". Hope this helps.

 

[ivorytofu@hotmail.com]

What specific icd10 dx code do you use for childhood obesity ... would that be other forms of obesity? is there anything more specific other than BMI? also in order to use excess in calories, do the physicians notes have to indicate "excess in calories" or can the notes say "due to sugary foods"

appreciate your input

Childhood obesity codes to an E66 code but not E66.8. Z68 BMI codes are not diagnosis codes, they are status codes that provide additional information and are not reportable without a diagnosis code.