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ICD-10-CM Code for Disorders of bile acid and cholesterol metabolism E78.7

ICD-10 code E78.7 for Disorders of bile acid and cholesterol metabolism is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases .

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Official Long Descriptor

Disorders of bile acid and cholesterol metabolism
Excludes1: Niemann-Pick disease type C (E75.242)

E78

Excludes1: sphingolipidosis (E75.0-E75.3)

 
E78.7 Disorders of bile acid and cholesterol metabolism
Child Code
Disorder of bile acid and cholesterol metabolism, unspecified
Child Code
Barth syndrome
Child Code
Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome
Child Code
Other disorders of bile acid and cholesterol metabolism

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Hyperlipidemia dx coding
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Hyperlipidemia dx coding
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Other hyperlipidemia (E78.49)
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Coding E78.5 and E78.00
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Other hyperlipidemia (E78.49)
[QUOTE="siddharthaqa@rediffmail.com, post: 496281, member: 210378"] Other hyperlipidemia (E78.49) mentioned in the medical report. Can we change it to E78.5? Thanks in advance for any help/advice. [/... [ Read More ]
Coding E78.5 and E78.00
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. If ... [ Read More ]
Other hyperlipidemia (E78.49) hcc coding
Other hyperlipidemia (E78.49) mentioned in the medical report. Can we change it to [URL='https://www.aapc.com/codes/icd-10-codes/E78.5']E78.5[/URL]? Thanks in advance for any help/advice.... [ Read More ]
Coding E78.5 and E78.00 hcc auditing
Can we code both [URL='https://www.aapc.com/codes/icd-10-codes/E78.5']E78.5[/URL] and E78.00, when both are mentioned in the medical report? Thanks in advance for any help/advice.... [ Read More ]
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