DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

E66.01 diagnosis code · Billable code · FY2027

E66.01 Morbid (severe) obesity due to excess calories

  • Billable
  • Not CC/MCC
  • HCC 48
  • POA reported

E66.01 ICD-10 code: a billable diagnosis code in FY2027, one of 10 billable codes in category E66.

CC / MCC
Neither
MS-DRG
640-641
HCC V28
48
POA
Reported
Code Editor
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Index entries
5

Instructions

At E66.01

Excludes1

  • morbid (severe) obesity with alveolar hypoventilation (E66.2) E66.2

Notes that also apply

Excludes2 from E66

  • adiposogenital dystrophy (E23.6) E23.6
  • lipomatosis dolorosa [Dercum] (E88.2) E88.2
  • lipomatosis NOS (E88.2) E88.2
  • Prader-Willi syndrome (Q87.11) Q87.11

Code first from E66

  • obesity complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium, if applicable (O99.21-) O99.21

Use additional code from E66

  • code to identify body mass index (BMI), if known, for adults (Z68.1-Z68.45) or pediatrics (Z68.5-) Z68.1 Z68.45 Z68.5

Chapter 4 instructions (Notes 1, Excludes1 1): printed on the chapter 4 page.

Index entries

  • Obesitymorbid → E66.01
  • Obesitysevere → E66.01
  • Obesitymorbiddue to excess calories → E66.01
  • Obesitydue toexcess caloriesmorbid → E66.01
  • Obesitydue toexcess caloriessevere → E66.01

NCHS Alphabetic Index. Index first, then the Tabular List.

Medicare grouping and edits

CMS files for E66.01
CC / MCCNeither
Appendix BMDC 10 Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases and Disorders, MS-DRG 640-641 (Miscellaneous Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids and Electrolytes with MCC…)
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POAReported
HCC V28HCC 48 Morbid Obesity

CMS: MS-DRG v44 (Appendix B, C), MCE v44, POA list FY2027, 2027 Initial ICD-10-CM Mappings. What the rows mean.

Hierarchy