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2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 272.0

Pure hypercholesterolemia

 On October 1, 2008 the 2009 ICD-9-CM codes came into effect. Therefore, this code may be out of date.

The 2009 version of ICD-9-CM 272.0 can be accessed here.

  • 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 22 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
Cholesterol
  • elevated (high) 272.0
    • with elevated (high) triglycerides 272.2
Cholesterolemia 272.0
  • essential 272.0
  • familial 272.0
  • hereditary 272.0
Elevation
  • cholesterol 272.0
Findings, abnormal, without diagnosis (examination) (laboratory test) 796.4
  • cholesterol 272.9
    • high 272.0
      • with high triglycerides 272.2
High
  • cholesterol 272.0
    • with high triglycerides 272.2
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