Basic information about ICD-10 CM code for Hyperlipidemia
Hyperlipidemia, also known as dyslipidemia or high cholesterol, means you have too many lipids (fats) in your blood. ICD-Code E78.5 is a billable ICD-10 code used for healthcare diagnosis reimbursement of Hyperlipidemia, Unspecified. Its corresponding ICD-9 code is 272.4.
Assign code E78.00, Pure hypercholesterolemia, unspecified, for a diagnosis of unspecified hyperlipidemia and hypercholesterolemia. Do not assign code E78.5, Hyperlipidemia, unspecified, as the hypercholesterolemia identifies the specific blood lipid elevated.
Hypercholesterolemia is a high blood cholesterol level. Hyperlipidemia is high or elevated lipids/fats levels in the blood. Providers may use the terms hyperlipidemia and hypercholesterolemia interchangeably, as high blood cholesterol is a lipid disorder.
Description of Hyperlipidemia ICD-10 CM codes
E78.5 Hyperlipidemia, unspecified
Other Hyperlipidemia codes
E78.4 Other hyperlipidemia
E78.41 Elevated Lipoprotein(a)
Elevated Lp(a)
E78.49 Other hyperlipidemia
Familial combined hyperlipidemia
E78.2 Mixed hyperlipidemia
Broad- or floating-betalipoproteinemia
Combined hyperlipidemia NOS
Elevated cholesterol with elevated triglycerides NEC
Fredrickson’s hyperlipoproteinemia, type IIb or III
Hyperbetalipoproteinemia with prebetalipoproteinemia
Hypercholesteremia with endogenous hyperglyceridemia
Hyperlipidemia, group C
Tubo-eruptive xanthoma
Xanthoma tuberosum
cerebrotendinous cholesterosis [van Bogaert-Scherer- Epstein] (E75.5)
familial combined hyperlipidemia (E78.49)
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Related Synonyms Include:
Approximate Synonyms
- Complex dyslipidemia
- Diabetes type 1 with dyslipidemia
- Diabetes type 1 with hyperlipidemia
- Diabetes type 2 low hdl and high triglyceride
- Diabetes type 2 with hyperlipidemia
- Dyslipidemia
- Dyslipidemia (high blood cholesterol/triglycerides)
- Dyslipidemia due to type 1 diabetes mellitus
- Dyslipidemia with high density lipoprotein below reference range and triglyceride above reference range due to type 2 diabetes mellitus
- Dyslipidemia, complex
- Elevated fasting lipid profile
- Elevated lipid profile fasting
- Hyperlipidemia
- Hyperlipidemia (high blood fats)
- Hyperlipidemia due to steroid
- Hyperlipidemia due to type 1 diabetes mellitus
- Hyperlipidemia due to type 2 diabetes mellitus
- Hyperlipidemia, long term steroid use
- Hyperlipoproteinemia
- Nutrition therapy for hyperlipidemia done
- Nutritional therapy for hyperlipidemia (cholesterol problem)
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Basic ICD-10 INFORMATION
World Health Organization (WHO) authorized the publication of the International Classification of DiseasesExternal 10th Revision (ICD-10), which was implemented for mortality coding and classification from death certificates in the U.S. in 1999. The U.S. developed a Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) for medical diagnoses based on WHO’s ICD-10. This medical classification list is generated by the World Health Organization (WHO), and is used to help healthcare providers identify and code health conditions.
ICD-10 is required for use by physicians and healthcare providers under the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) and will replace all ICD-9 code sets. There are nearly 5 times as many diagnosis codes in ICD-10-CM than in ICD-9-CM.ICD-10 has alphanumeric categories instead of numeric ones.
