Overweight, obesity and other hyperalimentation (E65-E68)

Official coding guidelines

From the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, FY 2027 (CMS and NCHS). Links open the PDF at the right page.

Covers diabetes mellitus coding, including type, insulin and drug use, pump malfunction and secondary diabetes, plus obesity and obesity class codes.

• Diabetes mellitus (page 39)
• Obesity (page 42)

Read Section I.C.4 (page 39)

All codes under E65-E68

E65-E68 can't be used on a claim. Pick a billable code below; grey headings group them.

• E65Localized adiposity
• E66Overweight and obesity
• E66.0Obesity due to excess calories
• E66.01Morbid (severe) obesity due to excess calories
• E66.09Other obesity due to excess calories
• E66.1Drug-induced obesity
• E66.2Morbid (severe) obesity with alveolar hypoventilation
• E66.3Overweight
• E66.8Other obesity
• E66.81Obesity class
• E66.811Obesity, class 1
• E66.812Obesity, class 2
• E66.813Obesity, class 3
• E66.89Other obesity not elsewhere classified
• E66.9Obesity, unspecified
• E67Other hyperalimentation
• E67.0Hypervitaminosis A
• E67.1Hypercarotenemia
• E67.2Megavitamin-B6 syndrome
• E67.3Hypervitaminosis D
• E67.8Other specified hyperalimentation
• E68Sequelae of hyperalimentation

E65-E68 MS-DRGs

This code does not group to an MS-DRG as a principal diagnosis.

About the condition

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