ICD-10 | Pure hypercholesterolemia, unspecified (E78. 00)
Pure or familial hypercholesterolemia is a condition in which a genetic anomaly causes high cholesterol levels. According to the Familial Hypercholesterolemia Foundation, an estimated 1 in 250 people worldwide have pure or familial hypercholesterolemia.
Hyperlipidemia means your blood has too many lipids (or fats), such as cholesterol and triglycerides. One type of hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, means you have too much non-HDL cholesterol and LDL (bad) cholesterol in your blood.
You wouldn't code them together. Cholesterol is a type of lipid. If the provider diagnosed pure hypercholesterolemia, you would code that. It is more specific than hyperlipidemia, unspecified.
A diagnosis of hyperlipidemia is made when total cholesterol levels are above 200 mg/dL. A diagnosis of hypercholesterolemia is made when LDL cholesterol levels are above 130 mg/dL.
The key word is “Familial.” While anyone with cholesterol readings even slightly above the normal range can be said to have hypercholesterolemia, Familial Hypercholesterolemia is a specific genetic condition that limits the liver's ability to regulate low density lipoproteins, commonly known as LDL or “bad” cholesterol ...
Hypercholesterolemia is defined as serum total cholesterol of 200 mg/dl or more, according to the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) III guidelines.
Hypercholesterolemia is most commonly, but not exclusively, defined as elevated levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) or non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C); an alternative term is dyslipidemia, which encompasses elevated triglycerides, low levels of HDL-C, and qualitative lipid ...
Hyperlipidemia: elevated blood lipid levels (total cholesterol, LDL, triglycerides) Hypercholesterolemia: total cholesterol > 200 mg/dL. Hypertriglyceridemia: triglyceride levels > 150 mg/dL. Hyperlipoproteinemia: elevated levels of certain lipoproteins.
Familial combined hyperlipidemia is a disorder that is passed down through families. It causes high cholesterol and high blood triglycerides.
Familial hypercholesterolemia (abbreviated FH, also spelled familial hypercholesterolaemia) is a genetic disorder characterized by high cholesterol levels, specifically very high levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL, "bad cholesterol"), in the blood and early cardiovascular disease.
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The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code E78.0. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.
This is the official exact match mapping between ICD9 and ICD10, as provided by the General Equivalency mapping crosswalk. This means that in all cases where the ICD9 code 272.0 was previously used, E78.0 is the appropriate modern ICD10 code.
Have you ever thought what our body does with extra calories it gets from food.These are converted to triglycerides and stored in fat cells. When needed, mostly in between meals, it is utilized as energy. So, it is very clear when the amount of extra calorie increases in turn the level of triglycerides also increases.
Body cells require cholesterol for its growth. A part of this is made by liver and another part comes from foods we eat. Altogether when body gets extra cholesterol, it gets stored in blood vessels.
It is located in ICD-10 CM manual chapter 4, Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89)