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Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 278.02
Overweight
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • ICD-9-CM 278.02 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 278.02 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).
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 278.02 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM E66.3 Overweight
Approximate Synonyms
  • Body mass index 25-29 - overweight
  • Childhood overweight, BMI greater than 85 percentile
  • Overweight (BMI 25-29.9)
  • Overweight (Body Mass Index 85-95 Percentile For Age)
  • Overweight adult with BMI 25-25.9
  • Overweight adult with BMI 26-26.9
  • Overweight adult with BMI 27-27.9
  • Overweight adult with BMI 29-29.9
  • Overweight adult, BMI 25-25.9
  • Overweight adult, BMI 26-26.9
  • Overweight adult, BMI 27-27.9
  • Overweight adult, BMI 29-29.9
  • Overweight body mass index (BMI) 25-29.9
  • Overweight in childhood
  • Overweight pediatric
  • Overweight peds
  • Overweight peds (BMI 85-94.9 percentile)
  • Overweight, body mass index (bmi) 25-25.9
  • Overweight, body mass index (bmi) 26-26.9
  • Overweight, body mass index (bmi) 27-27.9
  • Overweight, body mass index (bmi) 29-29.9
Clinical Information
  • A status with body weight that is above certain standard of acceptable or desirable weight. In the scale of body mass index, overweight is defined as having a bmi of 25.0-29.9 kg/m2. Overweight may or may not be due to increases in body fat (adipose tissue), hence overweight does not equal "over fat"
  • Being too heavy for one's height. Excess body weight can come from fat, muscle, bone, and/or water retention. Being overweight does not always mean being obese
  • Bmi 25
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 278.02:
  • Adiposity 278.02
    • heart (see also Degeneration, myocardial) 429.1
  • Excess, excessive, excessively
    • fat 278.02
      • in heart (see also Degeneration, myocardial) 429.1
      • tissue, localized 278.1
  • Fat
    • excessive 278.02
    • general 278.02
  • Fatness 278.02
  • Overweight (see also Obesity) 278.02
 278.01 ICD9Data.com 278.03 
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