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2007 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.* >

2007 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 272.0

Pure hypercholesterolemia

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  • 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

272.0 also known as:

  • 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