ICD-10-CM › Z00-Z99 › Z68 › Z68.5 Body mass index [BMI] pediatric › Z68.56
Z68.56
Body mass index [BMI] pediatric, greater than or equal to 140% of the 95th percentile for age
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2025 to now.
- FY2025 Added to the code set Body mass index [BMI] pediatric, greater than or equal to 140% of the 95th percentile for age
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from Z68 Body mass index [BMI]
Also known as
- Kilograms per meters squared
Note
- BMI adult codes are for use for persons 20 years of age or older
- BMI pediatric codes are for use for persons 2-19 years of age.
- These percentiles are based on the growth charts published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- BMI
- Body, bodies > mass index > pediatric > greater than or equal to 140% of the 95th percentile for age
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Z68.51 | Body mass index [BMI] pediatric, less than 5th percentile for age | Valid |
| Z68.52 | Body mass index [BMI] pediatric, 5th percentile to less than 85th percentile for age | Valid |
| Z68.53 | Body mass index [BMI] pediatric, 85th percentile to less than 95th percentile for age | Valid |
| Z68.54 | Body mass index [BMI] pediatric, 95th percentile for age to less than 120% of the 95th percentile for age | Valid |
| Z68.55 | Body mass index [BMI] pediatric, 120% of the 95th percentile for age to less than 140% of the 95th percentile for age | Valid |