E78.7
Header — not billableDisorders of bile acid and cholesterol metabolism
The ICD-10 code for disorders of bile acid and cholesterol metabolism is E78.7.
E78.7 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 4 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- Niemann-Pick disease type C (E75.242)
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- E78.0Pure hypercholesterolemianon-billable header
- E78.1Pure hyperglyceridemia
- E78.2Mixed hyperlipidemia
- E78.3Hyperchylomicronemia
- E78.4Other hyperlipidemianon-billable header
- E78.5Hyperlipidemia, unspecified
- E78.6Lipoprotein deficiency
- E78.8Other disorders of lipoprotein metabolismnon-billable header
- E78.9Disorder of lipoprotein metabolism, unspecified
- E78.7Disorders of bile acid and cholesterol metabolismnon-billable header