Suboptimal Clinical Documentation in Young Children with Severe Obesity at Tertiary Care Centers

Table 2

Key terms and ICD-9 codes used to identify appropriate documentation within EHR.

(a)

Key words/terminology
Obesity	Obese
Severe obesity	Severely obese
Morbid obesity	Morbidly obese
Central obesity	Overweight
Abnormal weight gain	Excess adiposity
BMI ≥ 85th percentile	High weight
BMI ≥ 95th percentile	Unhealthy weight
BMI ≥ 99th percentile	Excess weight
Elevated body mass index	Elevated weight
Weight too great for length	Chunky
High weight for length	Heavy
	Heavy for age

(b)

ICD-9 coded conditions
Condition	ICD-9 codes
Obesity, unspecified	278.00
Overweight and obesity	278.0
Morbid obesity	278.01
Overweight	278.02
Localized adiposity	278.1
Overweight, obesity, and other hyperalimentation	278
Abnormal weight gain	783.1
Other unspecified endocrine disorders	259.8