Z68.56
Z68.56: Body mass index [BMI] pediatric, greater than or equal to 140% of the 95th percentile for age
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Z68.56 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for body mass index [bmi] pediatric, greater than or equal to 140% of the 95th percentile for age. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Z68.56 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberRisk adjustment
Z68.56 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 48 Morbid Obesity0.186 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score. Look up the whole chart to see which of its HCCs the hierarchy would zero.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Body, bodies›mass index›pediatric›greater than or equal to 140% of the 95th percentile for age
Code history
- addedFY2024-FY2027
Body mass index [BMI] pediatric, greater than or equal to 140% of the 95th percentile for age
Other codes under Z68.5
- Z68.51Body mass index [BMI] pediatric, less than 5th percentile for age
- Z68.52Body mass index [BMI] pediatric, 5th percentile to less than 85th percentile for age
- Z68.53Body mass index [BMI] pediatric, 85th percentile to less than 95th percentile for age
- Z68.54Body mass index [BMI] pediatric, 95th percentile for age to less than 120% of the 95th percentile for age
- Z68.55Body mass index [BMI] pediatric, 120% of the 95th percentile for age to less than 140% of the 95th percentile for age