Wiki Pediatric BMI

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I have not found any pediatric information regarding BMI. Does anyone reports BMI as secondary DX and if so what age groups does it apply for?
 
Pediatric BMI codes are used for patients 2-20 years of age and are listed as follows:

Z68.51 BMI less than 5 percentile
Z68.52 BMI 5th-85th percentile
Z68.53 BMI 85th-95th percentile
Z65.54 BMI greater than 95th percentile

The percentiles are broken out by age and set by the CDC. You can find a BMI calculator on their website.
 
Hi, Can you please give me some clarity with the codes listed above? Starting Oct 1, 2019 - Pediatric BMI will be used for patients 2-19 yo. What BMI codes to use for 20yo and above? I know somehow, I'm overthinking this. Please help?

Thank you in advance
 
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