- E78.00 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2024 edition of ICD-10-CM E78.00 became effective on October 1, 2022.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of E78.00 – other international versions of ICD-10 E78.00 may differ.
ICD-10-CM E78.00 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s):
- 642 Inborn and other disorders of metabolism
Applicable To
- Fredrickson’s hyperlipoproteinemia, type IIa
- Hyperbetalipoproteinemia
- Low-density-lipoprotein-type [LDL] hyperlipoproteinemia
- (Pure) hypercholesterolemia NOS
Code History
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): New code
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
- 2024 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to E78.00:
- elevated (high) > Cholesterol
- cholesterol > Elevated, elevation
- high > cholesterol E78.9
- IIA > Frederickson\’s hyperlipoproteinemia, type
- cholesterol > High
- group > Hyperlipemia, hyperlipidemia E78.5
- A > group E78.00
- IIa > Fredrickson\’s type E78.3
- low-density-lipoprotein-type (LDL) > Hyperlipoproteinemia E78.5
- hypercholesterinemic > Xanthoma (s), xanthomatosis (primary) (familial) (hereditary) E75.5
- hypercholesterolemic > Xanthoma (s), xanthomatosis (primary) (familial) (hereditary) E75.5