Obesity
Alphabetical Index
Use the alphabetical index for the main term obesity to review the available sub terms and properly select the ICD-10 code with the highest degree of specificity. Instructional notations will guide the coder with information such as "see", "see also", "with", "without", "due to", and "code by site".
- Obesity - E66.9 Obesity, unspecified
- adrenal - E27.8 Other specified disorders of adrenal gland
- complicating
- constitutional - E66.8 Other obesity
- dietary counseling and surveillance - Z71.3 Dietary counseling and surveillance
- drug-induced - E66.1 Drug-induced obesity
- due to
- endocrine - E66.8 Other obesity
- endogenous - E66.8 Other obesity
- exogenous - E66.09 Other obesity due to excess calories
- familial - E66.8 Other obesity
- glandular - E66.8 Other obesity
- hypothyroid - See: Hypothyroidism;
- hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) - E66.2 Morbid (severe) obesity with alveolar hypoventilation
- morbid - E66.01 Morbid (severe) obesity due to excess calories
- nutritional - E66.09 Other obesity due to excess calories
- pituitary - E23.6 Other disorders of pituitary gland
- severe - E66.01 Morbid (severe) obesity due to excess calories
- specified type NEC - E66.8 Other obesity
- with alveolar hypoventilation - E66.2 Morbid (severe) obesity with alveolar hypoventilation
Clinical Terms
The following are some of the clinical term definitions related or applicable to obesity within the ICD-10 index for Diseases and Injuries.
Obesity: A status with BODY WEIGHT that is grossly above the acceptable or desirable weight, usually due to accumulation of excess FATS in the body. The standards may vary with age, sex, genetic or cultural background. In the BODY MASS INDEX, a BMI greater than 30.0 kg/m2 is considered obese, and a BMI greater than 40.0 kg/m2 is considered morbidly obese (MORBID OBESITY).
Pregnancy: The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH.