New code · FY2026
Billable: use this code on claims.
- New code, effective October 1, 2025 (FY2026).
Code breakdown
E78.010
- E78CategoryDisorders of lipoprotein metabolism and other lipidemias
- 0Character 4Pure hypercholesterolemia
- 1Character 5Familial hypercholesterolemia
- 0Character 6Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia [HoFH]
Coding notes
Excludes1 (from E78)
- sphingolipidosis (E75.0-E75.3)
Medicare coverage
E78.010 is listed as a covered diagnosis in 19 Medicare billing and coding articles:
- A54543 Therapeutic Apheresis for Familial Hypercholesterolemia
- A56289 Billing and Coding: Therapeutic Apheresis for Familial Hypercholesterolemia
- A56416 Billing and Coding: Assays for Vitamins and Metabolic Function
- A56422 Billing and Coding: Bariatric Surgical Management of Morbid Obesity
- A56774 Billing and Coding: Ophthalmic Angiography (Fluorescein and Indocyanine Green)
- A56943 Billing and Coding: MolDX: Biomarkers in Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
- A57037 Billing and Coding: MolDX: Biomarkers in Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
- A57145 Billing and Coding: Surgical Management of Morbid Obesity
- A57183 Billing and Coding: Cardiovascular Stress Testing, Including Exercise and/or Pharmacological Stress and Stress Echocardiography
- A57326 Billing and Coding: Electrocardiograms
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