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E78.9 - Disorder of lipoprotein metabolism, unspecified


The ICD 10 Code for Disorder of lipoprotein metabolism, unspecified is listed as E78.9.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: E78.9
Description: Disorder of lipoprotein metabolism, unspecified
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
642 - Inborn And Other Disorders Of Metabolism
Chapter Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89)
Block Metabolic disorders (E70-E88)
Parent E78 - Disorders of lipoprotein metabolism and other lipidemias
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 272.9 - Unspecified disorder of lipoid metabolism (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of E78.9:
E78.0 - Pure hypercholesterolemia
E78.1 - Pure hyperglyceridemia
E78.2 - Mixed hyperlipidemia
E78.3 - Hyperchylomicronemia
E78.4 - Other hyperlipidemia
E78.5 - Hyperlipidemia, unspecified
E78.6 - Lipoprotein deficiency
E78.7 - Disorders of bile acid and cholesterol metabolism
E78.8 - Other disorders of lipoprotein metabolism