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E78.00

Pure hypercholesterolemia, unspecified

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 1 more specific code sit alongside it. Worth checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Exclusions 8 never code together
E78code
Excludes1
E70-E88block
Excludes1
  • androgen insensitivity syndrome (E34.5-)E34.5-
  • congenital adrenal hyperplasia (E25.0)E25.0
  • hemolytic anemias attributable to enzyme disorders (D55.-)D55.-
  • Marfan syndrome (Q87.4-)Q87.4-
  • 5-alpha-reductase deficiency (E29.1)E29.1
Excludes2
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (Q79.6-)Q79.6-
E00-E89chapter
Excludes1
  • transitory endocrine and metabolic disorders specific to newborn (P70-P74)P70-P74

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 5
E78.00code
Inclusion terms
  • Fredrickson's hyperlipoproteinemia, type IIa
  • Hyperbetalipoproteinemia
  • Low-density-lipoprotein-type [LDL] hyperlipoproteinemia
  • (Pure) hypercholesterolemia NOS
E00-E89chapter
Notes
  • All neoplasms, whether functionally active or not, are classified in Chapter 2. Appropriate codes in this chapter (i.e. E05.8, E07.0, E16-E31, E34.-) may be used as additional codes to indicate either functional activity by neoplasms and ectopic endocrine tissue or hyperfunction and hypofunction of endocrine glands associated with neoplasms and other conditions classified elsewhere.E05.8E07.0E16-E31E34.-
Index entries leading here 13
  • Hyperlipemia, hyperlipidemia E78.5
  • Cholesteremia E78.00
  • Findings, abnormal, inconclusive, without diagnosis — see also Abnormal
  • Elevated, elevation
  • High
  • Cholesterol
  • Cholesterolemia (essential) (pure) E78.00
  • Frederickson's hyperlipoproteinemia, type
  • Hyperlipoproteinemia E78.5
    • Fredrickson's type
    • low-density-lipoprotein-type (LDL) E78.00
  • Hyperbetalipoproteinemia (familial) E78.00
  • Xanthoma (s), xanthomatosis (primary) (familial) (hereditary) E78.2
  • Hypercholesterolemia (essential) (primary) (pure) E78.00
  • Low-density-lipoprotein-type (LDL) hyperlipoproteinemia E78.00
Alongside this code 1 same parent — E78.0
E78.01 Familial hypercholesterolemia category
Additional references
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Risk adjustment

RX08HCC47

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This code

Billable
yes
Code set
FY2026
Parent
E78.0
Block
E70-E88
Siblings
1

Present FY2024–FY2027.