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Specific code 2006 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code V85.4
"body mass index 40 and over, adult"
  • Short description: BMI 40 AND OVER,ADULT.
  • ICD-9-CM V85.4 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, V85.4 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
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V85.4 Includes
V85.4 Excludes
  • accidents:
    • in sports which involve the use of transport but where the transport vehicle itself was not involved in the accident
    • involving vehicles which are part of industrial equipment used entirely on industrial premises
    • occurring during transportation but unrelated to the hazards associated with the means of transportation [e.g., injuries received in a fight on board ship; transport vehicle involved in a cataclysm such as an earthquake]
    • to persons engaged in the maintenance or repair of transport equipment or vehicle not in motion, unless injured by another vehicle in motion
  • accidents:
    • in repair shops
    • in roundhouse or on turntable
    • on railway premises but not involving a train or other railway vehicle
  • interurban electric cars [streetcars] specified to be operating on a right-of-way that forms part of the public street or highway [definition (n)]
  • injury or damage due to cataclysm
  • injury or damage while a motor vehicle, not under its own power, is being loaded on, or unloaded from, another conveyance
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to V85.4:
 V85.39 ICD9Data.com
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