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.