Case Study Corner:
Go Beyond E66 Codes for Complete Obesity Reporting
Published on Wed Feb 21, 2018
BMI key to coding the condition. Obesity, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) tells us, affects about 12.7 million - about 17 percent - of children and adolescents between the ages of 2 and 19 (Source: https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/childhood.html). That's such a significant part of your practice's population that it's always a good idea to stay on top of the [...]