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.
Pure hypercholesterolemia, unspecified E78. 00 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM E78. 00 became effective on October 1, 2021.
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.
Code E78. 5 is the diagnosis code used for Hyperlipidemia, Unspecified, a disorder of lipoprotein metabolism other lipidemias. It is a condition with excess lipids in the 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.
Group 1CodeDescriptionE78.01Familial hypercholesterolemia
There are two main classifications of hyperlipidemia: familial and acquired. The familial type stems from genes you inherit from your parents. The acquired type is the result of: underlying health conditions.
Hypercholesterolemia is defined as serum total cholesterol of 200 mg/dl or more, according to the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) III guidelines.
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Hypercholesterolemia is defined as serum total cholesterol of 200 mg/dl or more, according to the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) III guidelines.
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Familial combined hyperlipidemia (or mixed hyperlipidemia) is a genetic disorder that passes from one family member to another through their genes. If you have this disease, it means you have higher-than-usual levels of: cholesterol. triglycerides. other lipids in your blood.
Clinical Information. A group of familial disorders characterized by elevated circulating cholesterol contained in either low-density lipoproteins alone or also in very-low-density lipoproteins (pre-beta lipoproteins).
Characterized by increased plasma concentration of cholesterol carried in low density lipoproteins (ldl) and by a deficiency in a cell surface receptor which regulates ldl degradation and cholesterol synthesis. Hypercholesterolemia that is caused by mutation in the low density lipoprotein receptor gene.
E78.00 is a valid billable ICD-10 diagnosis code for Pure hypercholesterolemia, unspecified . It is found in the 2021 version of the ICD-10 Clinical Modification (CM) and can be used in all HIPAA-covered transactions from Oct 01, 2020 - Sep 30, 2021 .
DO NOT include the decimal point when electronically filing claims as it may be rejected. Some clearinghouses may remove it for you but to avoid having a rejected claim due to an invalid ICD-10 code, do not include the decimal point when submitting claims electronically. See also: Cholesteremia E78.00. Cholesterol.