2006 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Endocrine, Nutritional And Metabolic Diseases, And Immunity Disorders 240-279 > Other Metabolic Disorders And Immunity Disorders 270-279 > Disorders Of Lipoid Metabolism 272.* > 2006 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 272.0 Pure hypercholesterolemia View the most recent version of ICD-9-CM 272.0 A familial disorder characterized by increased plasma concentration of cholesterol carried in low density lipoproteins (LDL) and by a deficiency in a cell surface receptor which regulates LDL degradation and cholesterol synthesis. 272.0 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 272.0 contains 18 index entries View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 272.* hierarchy Alternate Terminology Familial hypercholesterolemia Fredrickson Type IIa hyperlipoproteinemia Hyperbetalipoproteinemia Hyperlipidemia, Group A Low-density-lipoid-type [LDL] hyperlipoproteinemia  Index entries containing 272.0: Cholesteremia 272.0 Cholesterolemia 272.0 essential 272.0 familial 272.0 hereditary 272.0 Hyperbetalipoproteinemia (acquired) (essential) (familial) (hereditary) (primary) (secondary) 272.0 with prebetalipoproteinemia 272.2 Hypercholesterolemia 272.0 with hyperglyceridemia, endogenous 272.2 essential 272.0 familial 272.0 hereditary 272.0 primary 272.0 pure 272.0 Hypercholesterolosis 272.0 Hyperlipidemia 272.4 group A 272.0 Hyperlipoproteinemia (acquired) (essential) (familial) (hereditary) (primary) (secondary) 272.4 Fredrickson type IIA 272.0 low-density-lipoid-type (LDL) 272.0 Xanthoma(s), xanthomatosis 272.2 hypercholesterinemic 272.0 hypercholesterolemic 272.0