E78.2

E78.2: Mixed hyperlipidemia

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

E78.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for mixed hyperlipidemia. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check E78.2 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1: never code together

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

cerebrotendinous cholesterosis [van Bogaert-Scherer- Epstein] (E75.5)
familial combined hyperlipidemia (E78.49)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Broad- or floating-betalipoproteinemia
Combined hyperlipidemia NOS
Elevated cholesterol with elevated triglycerides NEC
Fredrickson's hyperlipoproteinemia, type IIb or III
Hyperbetalipoproteinemia with prebetalipoproteinemia
Hypercholesteremia with endogenous hyperglyceridemia
Hyperlipidemia, group C
Tubo-eruptive xanthoma
Xanthoma tuberosum

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above E78.2

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on E78: Disorders of lipoprotein metabolism and other lipidemias

sphingolipidosis (E75.0-E75.3)

Other codes that can never be billed with E78.2

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

M67Other disorders of synovium and tendon

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

E78.2 is named in 17 Medicare coverage policies: 17 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

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A56422Billing and Coding: Bariatric Surgical Management of Morbid Obesity
A56675Billing and Coding: Homocysteine Level, Serum
A56943Billing and Coding: MolDX: Biomarkers in Cardiovascular Risk Assessment

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Betalipoproteinemia, broad or floating
Broad- or floating-betalipoproteinemia
Dysbetalipoproteinemia(familial)
Xanthelasmatosis(essential)
Xanthoma(s), xanthomatosis (primary) (familial) (hereditary)
Broad›beta disease
Frederickson's hyperlipoproteinemia, type›IIB and III
Hyperbetalipoproteinemia›with prebetalipoproteinemia
Hypercholesterolemia›with hyperglyceridemia, endogenous
Hyperlipemia, hyperlipidemia›combined
Hyperlipemia, hyperlipidemia›mixed
Lipoproteinemia›broad-beta

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.