Hyperlipidemia, unspecified. E78.5 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2018/2019 edition of ICD-10-CM E78.5 became effective on October 1, 2018.
Nutritional therapy for hyperlipidemia (cholesterol problem) Clinical Information. Conditions with excess lipids in the blood. Excess of lipids in the blood. ICD-10-CM E78.5 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group (s) (MS-DRG v38.0): 642 Inborn and other disorders of metabolism. Convert E78.5 to ICD-9-CM.
Hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoproteinemia, or hyperlipidaemia (British English) involves abnormally elevated levels of any or all lipids and/or lipoproteins in the blood. It is the most common form of dyslipidemia (which includes any abnormal lipid levels).
E78.5 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2019 edition of ICD-10-CM E78.5 became effective on October 1, 2018.
The ICD code E78 is used to code Hyperlipidemia. Hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoproteinemia, or hyperlipidaemia (British English) involves abnormally elevated levels of any or all lipids and/or lipoproteins in the blood. It is the most common form of dyslipidemia (which includes any abnormal lipid levels). Specialty: Cardiology.
This is the official approximate match mapping between ICD9 and ICD10, as provided by the General Equivalency mapping crosswalk. This means that while there is no exact mapping between this ICD10 code E78.5 and a single ICD9 code, 272.4 is an approximate match for comparison and conversion purposes.