Due to busy lifestyle and wrong eating habits, new health problems are taking birth all over the world. Due to our carelessness in eating and drinking, these diseases are increasing rapidly. Obesity increases due to such carelessness, obesity is that condition of the body when excessive fat accumulates on our body. Obesity leads us to many other serious diseases. ICD 10 code for obesity is E66.
ICD 10 Codes for Obesity and other Adjacent codes:
icd 10 code of obesity is E66. It should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below
| ICD Codes | Description |
| E63.8 | Other specified nutritional deficiencies |
| E63.9 | Nutritional deficiency, unspecified |
| E64 | Sequelae of malnutrition and other nutritional deficiencies |
| E64.0 | Sequelae of protein-calorie malnutrition |
| E64.1 | Sequelae of vitamin A deficiency |
| E64.2 | Sequelae of vitamin C deficiency |
| E64.3 | Sequelae of rickets |
| E64.8 | Sequelae of other nutritional deficiencies |
| E64.9 | Sequelae of unspecified nutritional deficiency |
| E65 | Localized adiposity |
| E66 | Overweight and obesity |
| E66.0 | Obesity due to excess calories |
| E66.01 | Morbid (severe) obesity due to excess calories |
| E66.09 | Other obesity due to excess calories |
| E66.1 | Drug-induced obesity |
| E66.2 | Morbid (severe) obesity with alveolar hypoventilation |
| E66.3 | Overweight and obesity |
| E66.8 | Other obesity |
| E66.9 | Obesity, unspecified |
| E67 | Other hyperalimentation |
| E67.0 | Hypervitaminosis A |
What is Obesity?
When we start consuming more calories than required (and are not able to spend them throughout the day), due to continuous continuation of this process, these extra calories get stored in our body in the form of fat and our weight increases. What is the standard to know whether we are in the grip of obesity or not, generally BMI (Body Mass Index) is used to measure obesity.
Causes of Obesity
The main reasons is to include high-fat foods in your diet, they contain high calories, and taking more calories leads to weight gain. Following are the reasons responsible for weight gain-
◆ Genetic factors If there is a history of obesity in your family, it affects how your body converts food into energy and how it stores fat.
◆ Consuming more caloric and fried roasted oily things.
◆ Age has an important role in the increase of obesity, as you grow older, the muscle mass decreases and the metabolic rate also falls rapidly.
◆ Not getting enough sleep can also increase the problem of weight gain, lack of sleep changes hormones, which makes you feel more hungry and motivates you to eat high-calorie food.
Symptoms of Obesity
Some symptoms are mentioned as below,
◆ Obstruction in breathing or fast breathing, gasping even after walking a little.
◆ Feeling of drowsiness during day time.
◆ having back and/or joint pain.
◆ Excessive sweating without feeling hot.
◆ Being intolerant to heat and feeling tired very quickly.
◆ Loss of self-confidence and becoming a victim of depression.
FAQs
Ans. On the basis of BMI, they can be divided into three parts which are as follows-
Class I obesity: BMI 30 to <35 kg/m².
Class II obesity: BMI 35 to <40 kg/m².
Class III obesity: BMI 40+ kg/m².
Ans. No, we cannot see obesity as a disease, it is a kind of physical disorder which can be the reason for the birth of many diseases in the body.
Ans. These include the three main reasons for obesity-
Consuming more caloric and fried roasted oily things.
Eating unbalanced and high calorie food.
Not participating in physical activities at all.
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