Fat - in the ICD-10-CM Index

Browse the ICD-10-CM codes with references applicable to the clinical term "fat"

• Fat

  • embolism - See: Embolism, fat;

  • excessive - See Also: Obesity;

    • in heart - See: Degeneration, myocardial;

  • in stool - R19.5 Other fecal abnormalities

  • localized (pad) - E65 Localized adiposity

    • heart - See: Degeneration, myocardial;

    • knee - M79.4 Hypertrophy of (infrapatellar) fat pad

    • retropatellar - M79.4 Hypertrophy of (infrapatellar) fat pad

  • necrosis

    • breast - N64.1 Fat necrosis of breast

    • mesentery - K65.4 Sclerosing mesenteritis

    • omentum - K65.4 Sclerosing mesenteritis

  • pad - E65 Localized adiposity

    • knee - M79.4 Hypertrophy of (infrapatellar) fat pad

Embolism: Blocking of a blood vessel by an embolus which can be a blood clot or other undissolved material in the blood stream.

Necrosis: The death of cells in an organ or tissue due to disease, injury or failure of the blood supply.