tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 19

DIAGNOSIS CODING: New Overweight, BMI Codes Useful For Bariatric Surgery

But most doctors don't list body mass index on patient's charts If you're having trouble justifying gastric-bypass or other bariatric surgery to carriers, then the new weight-related diagnosis codes could be just what you need. Starting Oct. 1, the ICD-9 diagnosis code set will include a code for "overweight" (278.02) and 18 new codes for assigning adult body mass index (BMI). "Those will be very helpful," says Lisa Frye, coder with Hickory, NC-based Hickory Surgical Clinic in Hickory, which performs bariatric surgeries. Not only will the new codes be helpful in providing the patient's BMI to payers...

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