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    Wiki E66.01 Criteria

    Hello! I have a question/concern regarding E66.01 listed on some of our patients HCC lists that our ACO gives us for our Medicare Advantage patients. This code is sometimes listed for patients with comorbidities but their BMI is less than 35 - I have always been under the impression that E66.01...
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    • billing coding e66.01 hcc morbid obesity
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    • Forum: ICD-10
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    Wiki E662 vs E6601

    HI! Currently our practice uses E662 for morbid obesity dx recently we've looked into E6601 but are unsure if it would be a covered dx since the description is "morbid obese due to excess calories". To me, I can't imagine an insurance seeing that as a medical condition whereas E662 is morbid...
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    Wiki HCC codes- Morbid obesity

    Our physicians do their own coding in our facility and they don't like to use secondary codes. Both the codes for Morbid Obesity and BMI codes above 40 map to an HCC. If the physician properly documents and codes morbid obesity, do they have to also code BMI? If they do not have to code for BMI...
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    Wiki Morbid Obesity and BMI

    Hello, I would like to have the AAPC recommendation for Morbid Obesity related with BMI values. CMS and American College of Gastroenterology recommend a BMI equal or greater than 35, with associated co-morbidity. ICD-10 does not have clear instructions of what the BMI is for morbid obesity...
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