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ICD-10-CM Code E78.8
Other disorders of lipoprotein metabolism

NON-BILLABLE
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Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.
| ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016

ICD Code E78.8 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the two child codes of E78.8 that describes the diagnosis 'other disorders of lipoprotein metabolism' in more detail.


The ICD code E788 is used to code Urbach-Wiethe disease

Urbach–Wiethe disease (also known as lipoid proteinosis and hyalinosis cutis et mucosae) is a rare recessive genetic disorder, with approximately 400 reported cases since its discovery. It was first officially reported in 1929 by Erich Urbach and Camillo Wiethe, although cases may be recognized dating back as early as 1908.

Specialty: Endocrinology
MeSH Code: D008065
ICD 9 Code: 272.8
Source: Wikipedia

Related Concepts SNOMET-CT

  • Disorder of cholesterol metabolism (disorder)
  • Complex dyslipidemia (disorder)

Parent Code: E78 - Disorders of lipoprotein metabolism and other lipidemias

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