E87.5
E87.5: Hyperkalemia
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
E87.5 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for hyperkalemia. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check E87.5 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Potassium [K] excess
- Potassium [K] overload
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above E87.5
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on E87: Other disorders of fluid, electrolyte and acid-base balance
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
E87.5 is named in 11 Medicare coverage policies: 11 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A55354Billing and Coding: Frequency of Hemodialysis
- A55672Billing and Coding: Frequency of Hemodialysis
- A55675Billing and Coding: Frequency of Hemodialysis
- A55703Billing and Coding: Frequency of Hemodialysis
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Hyperkalemia
- Hyperpotassemia
- Excess, excessive, excessively›kalium
- Excess, excessive, excessively›potassium(K)
- Intoxication›potassium(K)
- Overload›potassium(K)
- Syndrome›hyperkalemic
- Syndrome›potassium intoxication
- Findings, abnormal, inconclusive, without diagnosis›potassium›excess
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.