E78.7
E78.7: Disorders of bile acid and cholesterol metabolism
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
E78.7 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for disorders of bile acid and cholesterol metabolism. 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.
- Niemann-Pick disease type C (E75.242)
Other codes that can never be billed with E78.7
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- 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 E78.7
4 child codes. Green means billable.