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E78

E78: Disorders of lipoprotein metabolism and other lipidemias

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

E78 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for disorders of lipoprotein metabolism and other lipidemias. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

Other codes that can never be billed with E78

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • E78.2Mixed hyperlipidemia
  • L98.6Other infiltrative disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
  • M14Arthropathies in other diseases classified elsewhere
  • M67Other disorders of synovium and tendon
  • Q87.1Congenital malformation syndromes predominantly associated with short stature

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead E78

10 child codes. Green means billable.

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release: see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.