E78.9

E78.9: Disorder of lipoprotein metabolism, unspecified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

E78.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for disorder of lipoprotein metabolism, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check E78.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above E78.9

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.

Medicare coverage

E78.9 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies: 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56943Billing and Coding: MolDX: Biomarkers in Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
A57037Billing and Coding: MolDX: Biomarkers in Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
A57386Billing and Coding: MolDX: Biomarkers in Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
A57559Billing and Coding: MolDX: Biomarkers in Cardiovascular Risk Assessment

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Lipoprotein metabolism disorder
Osteochondrodystrophy
Findings, abnormal, inconclusive, without diagnosis›cholesterol
Findings, abnormal, inconclusive, without diagnosis›triglycerides
Disorder›lipid›metabolism, congenital
Disorder›lipoprotein›metabolism
Disorder›metabolism NOS›lipoid
Disorder›metabolism NOS›lipoprotein
Disturbance›metabolism›cholesterol
Disturbance›metabolism›lipoid

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.