ICD-10-CM · Chapter 21 · Z00–Z99
Z68.51
Body mass index [BMI] pediatric, less than 5th percentile for age
Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
Quick facts
- Code
- Z68.51
- 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 Z68.51 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of body mass index [bmi] pediatric, less than 5th percentile for age. 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
- Z68.26Body mass index [BMI] 26.0-26.9, 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
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