ICD-10 · PDGM grouping
E65-E68 — Overweight, obesity and other hyperalimentation
Every ICD-10-CM code in this range and the PDGM clinical group CMS assigns to it, read from the CMS grouper crosswalk v07.2.26.
Codes in range
17
No clinical group
1
A period cannot be grouped from these.
Barred as primary
0
CMS rejects these in the primary position.
Where these codes group
16 of the 17 codes in E65-E68 group to MMTA - Other. A further 1 are assigned no clinical group at all, which means a 30-day period cannot be grouped from them.
Code families in E65-E68
One page per three-character family: every code in it, whether it can lead a claim, its clinical group and comorbidity subgroup.
Every code in E65-E68
Descriptions are CMS’s own, abbreviated as CMS abbreviates them.
| Code | Description | Clinical group | Primary position |
|---|---|---|---|
| E65 | Localized adiposity | A | Can lead a claim |
| E6601 | Morbid (severe) obesity due to excess calories | A | Can lead a claim, code first applies |
| E6609 | Other obesity due to excess calories | A | Can lead a claim, code first applies |
| E661 | Drug-induced obesity | A | Can lead a claim, code first applies |
| E662 | Morbid (severe) obesity with alveolar hypoventilation | A | Can lead a claim, code first applies |
| E663 | Overweight | A | Can lead a claim, code first applies |
| E66811 | Obesity, class 1 | A | Can lead a claim, code first applies |
| E66812 | Obesity, class 2 | A | Can lead a claim, code first applies |
| E66813 | Obesity, class 3 | A | Can lead a claim, code first applies |
| E6689 | Other obesity not elsewhere classified | A | Can lead a claim, code first applies |
| E669 | Obesity, unspecified | A | Can lead a claim, code first applies |
| E670 | Hypervitaminosis A | A | Can lead a claim |
| E671 | Hypercarotenemia | A | Can lead a claim |
| E672 | Megavitamin-B6 syndrome | A | Can lead a claim |
| E673 | Hypervitaminosis D | A | Can lead a claim |
| E678 | Other specified hyperalimentation | A | Can lead a claim |
| E68 | Sequelae of hyperalimentation | None | Cannot lead a claim |
Source: CMS HH PPS Grouper Software v07.2.26, effective 2026-10-01. This is the crosswalk Medicare runs a claim through. Grouping also depends on admission source, timing, the OASIS functional items and the rest of the diagnosis list.
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