272.1 PURE HYPERGLYCERIDEMIA


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 272.1

Short Description: Pure hyperglyceridemia

Long Description: Pure hyperglyceridemia

Code Classification:

  • Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, and immunity disorders (240–279)
    • Other metabolic disorders and immunity disorders (270-279)
      • 272 Disorders of lipoid metabolism
        • 272.1 Pure hyperglyceridemia

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 272.1 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Elevation
    • triglycerides 272.1
      • with high cholesterol 272.2
  • Findings, (abnormal), without diagnosis (examination) (laboratory test) 796.4
    • triglycerides 272.9
      • high 272.1
        • with high cholesterol 272.2
  • High
    • triglycerides 272.1
      • with high cholesterol 272.2
  • Hyperglyceridemia 272.1
    • endogenous 272.1
    • essential 272.1
    • familial 272.1
    • hereditary 272.1
    • mixed 272.3
    • pure 272.1
  • Hyperlipidemia 272.4
    • carbohydrate-induced 272.1
    • endogenous 272.1
    • group
      • B 272.1
  • Hyperlipoproteinemia (acquired) (essential) (familial) (hereditary) (primary) (secondary) 272.4
    • Fredrickson type
      • IV 272.1
    • very-low-density-lipoid-type [VLDL] 272.1
  • Hyperprebetalipoproteinemia 272.1
    • with chylomicronemia 272.3
    • familial 272.1
  • Hypertriglyceridemia, essential 272.1
  • Lipoproteinemia (alpha) 272.4
    • hyper-pre-beta 272.1
  • Prebetalipoproteinemia (acquired) (essential) (familial) (hereditary) (primary) (secondary) 272.1
    • with chylomicronemia 272.3
  • Xanthoma(s), xanthomatosis 272.2
    • with
      • hyperlipoproteinemia
        • type IV 272.1

Crosswalk Information

The code 272.1 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
272.1 Right Arrow E78.1 Pure hyperglyceridemia
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
272.0 Pure hypercholesterolemia
272.2 Mixed hyperlipidemia
272.3 Hyperchylomicronemia
272.4 Other and unspecified hyperlipidemia
272.5 Lipoprotein deficiencies
272.6 Lipodystrophy
272.7 Lipidoses
272.8 Other disorders of lipoid metabolism
272.9 Unspecified disorder of lipoid metabolism


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