E78.6 — Lipoprotein deficiency
E78.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for lipoprotein deficiency. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Abetalipoproteinemia
- Depressed HDL cholesterol
- High-density lipoprotein deficiency
- Hypoalphalipoproteinemia
- Hypobetalipoproteinemia (familial)
- Lecithin cholesterol acyltransferase deficiency
- Tangier disease
Risk adjustment
E78.6 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
E78.6 is named in 6 Medicare coverage policies — 6 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A54969Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
- A56619Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
- A57307Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
- A57326Billing and Coding: Electrocardiograms
How E78.6 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to E78.6.
- Abetalipoproteinemia
- Acanthocytosis
- Analphalipoproteinemia
- Bassen-Kornzweig disease or syndrome
- Hypoalphalipoproteinemia
- Hypobetalipoproteinemia(familial)
- Hypolipoproteinemia(alpha) (beta)
- Tangier disease
- Deficiency, deficient›lecithin cholesterol acyltransferase
- Deficiency, deficient›lipoprotein(familial) (high density)
- Depressed›HDL cholesterol
- Disease, diseased›Tangier
Related codes at this level
Codes that share E78. If E78.6 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- E78.0Pure hypercholesterolemia
- E78.1Pure hyperglyceridemia
- E78.2Mixed hyperlipidemia
- E78.3Hyperchylomicronemia
- E78.4Other hyperlipidemia
- E78.5Hyperlipidemia, unspecified
- E78.7Disorders of bile acid and cholesterol metabolism
- E78.8Other disorders of lipoprotein metabolism
- E78.9Disorder of lipoprotein metabolism, unspecified
Questions about E78.6
- Is E78.6 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. E78.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does E78.6 sit in the tabular list?
- Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Metabolic disorders (E70-E88).