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278.02 OVERWEIGHT


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 278.02

Short Description: Overweight

Long Description: Overweight

Code Classification:

  • Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, and immunity disorders (240–279)
    • Other metabolic disorders and immunity disorders (270-279)
      • 278 Obesity and other hyperalimentation
        • 278.02 Overweight

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 278.02 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Adiposity 278.02
    • heart (see also Degeneration, myocardial) 429.1
    • localized 278.1
  • Excess, excessive, excessively
    • fat 278.02
      • in heart (see also Degeneration, myocardial) 429.1
      • tissue, localized 278.1
    • weight 278.02
      • gain 783.1
        • of pregnancy 646.1
      • loss 783.21
  • Fat
    • excessive 278.02
    • general 278.02
  • Fatness 278.02
  • Overweight (see also Obesity) 278.02

Crosswalk Information

The code 278.02 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
278.02 Right Arrow E66.3 Overweight
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
278.00 Obesity, unspecified
278.01 Morbid obesity
278.03 Obesity hypoventilation syndrome
278.1 Localized adiposity
278.2 Hypervitaminosis A
278.3 Hypercarotinemia
278.4 Hypervitaminosis D
278.8 Other hyperalimentation

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014

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