AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2021 Issue 2; Ask the Editor

Use of Additional Code for Condition of Unspecified Type

An obese woman, who is 40 weeks gestation, had a normal delivery of a healthy infant. The provider noted “Obesity” in his final diagnostic statement. There is a note in the Tabular List instructing, “Use additional code to identify the type of obesity (E66.-)” under code O99.214, Obesity complicating childbirth. Since the type of obesity is not specified, would it be appropriate to only assign code O99.214, Obesity complicating childbirth, since code E66.9, Obesity, unspecified, does not describe a type of obesity? ...

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