Pure hypercholesterolemia

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

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

Billable FY2016 only, and a category header from FY2017.

Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:

E78.00 Pure hypercholesterolemia, unspecified
E78.01 Familial hypercholesterolemia (also a header)

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Pure hypercholesterolemia
FY2017 Stopped being billable

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 E78 Disorders of lipoprotein metabolism and other lipidemias

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-)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
E78.1	Pure hyperglyceridemia	Valid
E78.2	Mixed hyperlipidemia	Valid
E78.3	Hyperchylomicronemia	Valid
E78.4	Other hyperlipidemia	Not billable
E78.5	Hyperlipidemia, unspecified	Valid
E78.6	Lipoprotein deficiency	Valid
E78.7	Disorders of bile acid and cholesterol metabolism	Not billable
E78.8	Other disorders of lipoprotein metabolism	Not billable
E78.9	Disorder of lipoprotein metabolism, unspecified	Valid