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- E78.2 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2024 edition of ICD-10-CM E78.2 became effective on October 1, 2022.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of E78.2 – other international versions of ICD-10 E78.2 may differ.
ICD-10-CM E78.2 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s):
- 642 Inborn and other disorders of metabolism
Applicable To
- Broad- or floating-betalipoproteinemia
- Combined hyperlipidemia NOS
- Elevated cholesterol with elevated triglycerides NEC
- Fredrickson’s hyperlipoproteinemia, type IIb or III
- Hyperbetalipoproteinemia with prebetalipoproteinemia
- Hypercholesteremia with endogenous hyperglyceridemia
- Hyperlipidemia, group C
- Tubo-eruptive xanthoma
- Xanthoma tuberosum
Type 1 Excludes
- cerebrotendinous cholesterosis [van Bogaert-Scherer- Epstein] (E75.5)
- familial combined hyperlipidemia (E78.49)
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): No change
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
- 2024 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to E78.2:
- beta disease > Broad
- with elevated triglycerides (high) > elevated (high) E78.00
- xanthomatosis > due to E83.01
- due to xanthomatosis (familial) (metabolic) (primary) > xanthomatous (biliary) K74.5
- broad > Disease, diseased
- beta > broad E78.2
- with high triglycerides > cholesterol E78.00
- with high cholesterol > triglycerides E78.1
- with high triglycerides > high E78.00
- with high cholesterol > high E78.1
- IIB and III > Frederickson\’s hyperlipoproteinemia, type
- with high triglycerides > cholesterol E78.00
- with high cholesterol > triglycerides E78.1
- with prebetalipoproteinemia > Hyperbetalipoproteinemia (familial) E78.00
- with hyperglyceridemia, endogenous > Hypercholesterolemia (essential) (primary) (pure) E78.00
- combined > Hyperlipemia, hyperlipidemia E78.5
- C > group E78.00
- mixed > Hyperlipemia, hyperlipidemia E78.5
- IIb > Fredrickson\’s type E78.3
- III > Fredrickson\’s type E78.3
- broad-beta > Lipoproteinemia E78.5
- floating-beta > Lipoproteinemia E78.5
- Type III > hyperlipoproteinemia E78.3
- disseminatum (skin) > Xanthoma (s), xanthomatosis (primary) (familial) (hereditary) E75.5
- eruptive > Xanthoma (s), xanthomatosis (primary) (familial) (hereditary) E75.5
- multiple (skin) > Xanthoma (s), xanthomatosis (primary) (familial) (hereditary) E75.5
- tubo-eruptive > Xanthoma (s), xanthomatosis (primary) (familial) (hereditary) E75.5
- tuberosum > Xanthoma (s), xanthomatosis (primary) (familial) (hereditary) E75.5
- tuberous > Xanthoma (s), xanthomatosis (primary) (familial) (hereditary) E75.5