E78.49
E78.49: Other hyperlipidemia
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
E78.49 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other hyperlipidemia. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check E78.49 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Familial combined hyperlipidemia
Other codes that can never be billed with E78.49
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- E78.2Mixed hyperlipidemia
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
E78.49 is named in 12 Medicare coverage policies: 12 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56416Billing and Coding: Assays for Vitamins and Metabolic Function
- 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
- Hyperlipemia, hyperlipidemia›specified NEC
- Hyperlipemia, hyperlipidemia›combined›familial
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.