E78.0

E78.0: Pure hypercholesterolemia

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

E78.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for pure hypercholesterolemia. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above E78.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on E78: Disorders of lipoprotein metabolism and other lipidemias

sphingolipidosis (E75.0-E75.3)

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 E78.0

2 child codes. Green means billable.

E78.00Pure hypercholesterolemia, unspecified
E78.01Familial hypercholesterolemia

Other codes under E78

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