ICD-11 classes
05 Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
Nutritional disorders
Overweight, obesity or specific nutrient excesses
Overweight or obesity
5B81 — Obesity
5B81.0 — Obesity due to energy imbalance
ICD-11 5B81.0 — Obesity due to energy imbalance
Obesity is a chronic complex disease defined by excessive adiposity that can impair health. It is in most cases a multifactorial disease due to obesogenic environments, psycho-social factors and genetic variants. In a subgroup of patients, single major etiological factors can be identified (diseases, immobilization, iatrogenic procedures, monogenic disease/genetic syndrome).
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
Diagnosis with code 5B81.0 contains 2 clarifying diagnoses:
- 5B81.00 — Obesity in children or adolescents
- 5B81.01 — Obesity in adults