2006 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Endocrine, Nutritional And Metabolic Diseases, And Immunity Disorders 240-279 > Other Metabolic Disorders And Immunity Disorders 270-279 > Obesity And Other Hyperalimentation 278.* > 2006 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 278.01 Morbid obesity View the most recent version of ICD-9-CM 278.01 The condition of weighing two, three, or more times the ideal weight, so called because it is associated with many serious and life-threatening disorders. 278.01 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 278.01 contains 3 index entries View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 278.* hierarchy Alternate Terminology Severe obesity  Index entries containing 278.01: Constitutional - see also condition obesity 278.00 morbid 278.01 Obesity (constitutional) (exogenous) (familial) (nutritional) (simple) 278.00 morbid 278.01 severe 278.01