E78.0
Non-Billable
ChapterE00–E89
Ranksubcategory
Official Description
Pure hypercholesterolemia
Metadata & Insights
- •2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
- •Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
- •Chapter 4: Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases (E00-E89).
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These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to E78.0. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.
25 raw paths
Cholesteremia1 unique routes
Cholesterol1 unique routes
Cholesterolemia (essential) (pure)5 unique routes
Elevated, elevation1 unique routes
Frederickson's hyperlipoproteinemia, type1 unique routes
HeFH (heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia)1 unique routes
High1 unique routes
HoFH (homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia)1 unique routes
Hyperbetalipoproteinemia (familial)1 unique routes
Hypercholesterolemia (essential) (primary) (pure)5 unique routes
Hyperlipemia, hyperlipidemia1 unique routes
Hyperlipoproteinemia2 unique routes
Low-density-lipoprotein-type (LDL) hyperlipoproteinemia1 unique routes
MS-DRG Classification
No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.
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