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E78

Disorders of lipoprotein metabolism and other lipidemias

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 10 more specific codes instead:

  • E78.0 Pure hypercholesterolemia (also a header)
  • E78.1 Pure hyperglyceridemia
  • E78.2 Mixed hyperlipidemia
  • E78.3 Hyperchylomicronemia
  • E78.4 Other hyperlipidemia (also a header)
  • E78.5 Hyperlipidemia, unspecified
  • E78.6 Lipoprotein deficiency
  • E78.7 Disorders of bile acid and cholesterol metabolism (also a header)
  • E78.8 Other disorders of lipoprotein metabolism (also a header)
  • E78.9 Disorder of lipoprotein metabolism, unspecified

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Disorders of lipoprotein metabolism and other lipidemias

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.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • sphingolipidosis (E75.0-E75.3)

Inherited from the E70-E88 section Metabolic disorders (E70-E88)

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • androgen insensitivity syndrome (E34.5-)
  • congenital adrenal hyperplasia (E25.0)
  • hemolytic anemias attributable to enzyme disorders (D55.-)
  • Marfan syndrome (Q87.4-)
  • 5-alpha-reductase deficiency (E29.1)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (Q79.6-)