E78.0 Pure hypercholesterolemia

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Pure hypercholesterolemia

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E78.0FY 2026Chapter 4

Pure hypercholesterolemia

Code classification

4Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89)
E70-E88Metabolic disorders (E70-E88)
E78.0Current code

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ORPHA identifiers (rare diseases)

This ICD-10 code maps to the following rare disease(s) in the Orphanet nomenclature:

ORPHA CodeDisease Name
ORPHA:209902Hypercholesterolemia due to cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase deficiency
ORPHA:2882Sitosterolemia
ORPHA:391665Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia
ORPHA:406NON RARE IN EUROPE: Heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia

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