ICD-10-CM code · FY2027
E66.9 Obesity, unspecified
BillableValid for claims as a specific diagnosis code
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Coding notes for E66.9
Applicable to Other names for conditions reported with this code.
- Obesity NOS
Also applies, from E66 Overweight and obesity
Excludes2 Not part of this condition, but a patient can have both: report both codes when both apply.
Code first Report the underlying condition's code before this one.
- obesity complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium, if applicable (O99.21-)
Use additional code Add a second code for the detail named here.
Chapter 4 notes (apply to every code in it)
Note
- All neoplasms, whether functionally active or not, are classified in Chapter 2. Appropriate codes in this chapter (i.e. E05.8, E07.0, E16-E31, E34.-) may be used as additional codes to indicate either functional activity by neoplasms and ectopic endocrine tissue or hyperfunction and hypofunction of endocrine glands associated with neoplasms and other conditions classified elsewhere.
Related codes in E66
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