272.5 LIPOPROTEIN DEFICIENCIES


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 272.5

Short Description: Lipoprotein deficiencies

Long Description: Lipoprotein deficiencies

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
        • 272.5 Lipoprotein deficiencies

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 272.5 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Abetalipoproteinemia 272.5
  • Acanthocytosis 272.5
  • Acanthrocytosis 272.5
  • Analphalipoproteinemia 272.5
  • Bassen-Kornzweig syndrome (abetalipoproteinemia) 272.5
  • Deficiency, deficient
    • alpha-lipoprotein 272.5
    • lecithin-cholesterol acyltranferase 272.5
    • lipoid (high-density) 272.5
    • lipoprotein (familial) (high-density) 272.5
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • Tangier (familial high-density lipoprotein deficiency) 272.5
  • Disorder - see also Disease
    • lipoprotein deficiency (familial) 272.5
    • metabolism NEC 277.9
      • lipoprotein - see also Hyperlipemia
        • deficiency (familial) 272.5
  • Dystrophy, dystrophia 783.9
    • retina, retinal (hereditary) 362.70
      • in
        • Bassen-Kornzweig syndrome 272.5 [362.72]
  • Hypoalphalipoproteinemia 272.5
  • Hypobetalipoproteinemia (familial) 272.5
  • Hypocholesteremia 272.5
  • Hypolipidemia 272.5
  • Hypolipoproteinemia 272.5
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • Bassen-Kornzweig (abetalipoproteinemia) 272.5
  • Tangier disease (familial high-density lipoprotein deficiency) 272.5

Crosswalk Information

The code 272.5 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
272.5 Right Arrow E78.6 Lipoprotein deficiency
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
272.1 Pure hyperglyceridemia
272.2 Mixed hyperlipidemia
272.3 Hyperchylomicronemia
272.4 Other and unspecified hyperlipidemia
272.6 Lipodystrophy
272.7 Lipidoses
272.8 Other disorders of lipoid metabolism
272.9 Unspecified disorder of lipoid metabolism


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