ICD-10-CM · Chapter 21 · Z00–Z99
Z68.26
Body mass index [BMI] 26.0-26.9, adult
Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
Quick facts
- Code
- Z68.26
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 21 — Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
- Category
- Z68 — Body mass index [BMI]
- Specificity
- 5 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM Z68.26 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of body mass index [bmi] 26.0-26.9, adult. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in Z68
- Z68Body mass index [BMI]
- Z68.1Body mass index [BMI] 19.9 or less, adult
- Z68.2Body mass index [BMI] 20-29, adult
- Z68.20Body mass index [BMI] 20.0-20.9, adult
- Z68.21Body mass index [BMI] 21.0-21.9, adult
- Z68.22Body mass index [BMI] 22.0-22.9, adult
- Z68.23Body mass index [BMI] 23.0-23.9, adult
- Z68.24Body mass index [BMI] 24.0-24.9, adult
- Z68.25Body mass index [BMI] 25.0-25.9, adult
- Z68.27Body mass index [BMI] 27.0-27.9, adult
- Z68.28Body mass index [BMI] 28.0-28.9, adult
- Z68.29Body mass index [BMI] 29.0-29.9, adult
- Z68.3Body mass index [BMI] 30-39, adult
- Z68.30Body mass index [BMI] 30.0-30.9, adult
- Z68.31Body mass index [BMI] 31.0-31.9, adult
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