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272.0 - Pure Hypercholesterolemia


The ICD 9 Code for Pure hypercholesterolemia is listed as 272.0.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
ICD 9 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: 272.0
Long Description: Pure hypercholesterolemia
Short Description: Pure hypercholesterolem
Chapter: Endocrine, Nutritional And Metabolic Diseases, And Immunity Disorders
Block: Other Metabolic Disorders And Immunity Disorders (270-279)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: E78.0 - Pure hypercholesterolemia
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 272.0:
272.1 - Pure hyperglyceridemia
272.2 - Mixed hyperlipidemia
272.3 - Hyperchylomicronemia
272.4 - Other and unspecified hyperlipidemia
272.5 - Lipoprotein deficiencies
272.6 - Lipodystrophy
272.7 - Lipidoses
272.8 - Other disorders of lipoid metabolism
272.9 - Unspecified disorder of lipoid metabolism