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If a patient has a diagnosis of Obesity due to excess calories (E66.01), are we required to report the BMI ? In another scenerio, if the biller is simply given a superbill and the physician indicates "Obesity" as a diagnosis and the medical record doesn't specify the BMI, would it be acceptable to report E66.9?

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Category E66, Overweight and obesity, requires that an additional code (Z68.-) for the body mass index (BMI) be assigned, if known. If BMI is unknown then E66.9 Obesity, unspecified would be appropriate.
 
E66 category has a note in red - Use additional code to identify body mass index (BMI), if known (Z68.-).

You can use E66.01 and not use a code from Z68.- if you do not know it. Ok.
 
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