E78.6
Lipoprotein deficiency
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 8 never code together
E78code
Excludes1
- sphingolipidosis (E75.0-E75.3)E75.0-E75.3
E70-E88block
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 8
E78.6code
Inclusion terms
- Abetalipoproteinemia
- Depressed HDL cholesterol
- High-density lipoprotein deficiency
- Hypoalphalipoproteinemia
- Hypobetalipoproteinemia (familial)
- Lecithin cholesterol acyltransferase deficiency
- Tangier disease
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 14
- Abetalipoproteinemia E78.6
- Acanthocytosis E78.6
- Analphalipoproteinemia E78.6
- Bassen-Kornzweig disease or syndrome E78.6
- Deficiency, deficient
- Disorder (of) — see also Disease
- Depressed
- HDL cholesterol E78.6
- Dyslipidemia E78.5
- depressed HDL cholesterol E78.6
- Disease, diseased — see also Syndrome
- Tangier E78.6
- Glomerulonephritis N05.9
- in (due to)
- lecithin cholesterol acyltransferase deficiency E78.6
- in (due to)
- Hypoalphalipoproteinemia E78.6
- Hypobetalipoproteinemia (familial) E78.6
- Hypolipoproteinemia (alpha) (beta) E78.6
- Tangier disease E78.6
Alongside this code 9 same parent — E78
E78.0 Pure hypercholesterolemia category E78.1 Pure hyperglyceridemia E78.2 Mixed hyperlipidemia E78.3 Hyperchylomicronemia E78.4 Other hyperlipidemia category E78.5 Hyperlipidemia, unspecified E78.7 Disorders of bile acid and cholesterol metabolism category E78.8 Other disorders of lipoprotein metabolism category E78.9 Disorder of lipoprotein metabolism, unspecified
Additional references
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