2025 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code E79.0

Hyperuricemia without signs of inflammatory arthritis and tophaceous disease

  • E79.0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • Short description: Hyperuricemia w/o signs of inflam arthrit and tophaceous dis
  • The 2025 edition of ICD-10-CM E79.0 became effective on October 1, 2024.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of E79.0 – other international versions of ICD-10 E79.0 may differ.

Applicable To

  • Asymptomatic hyperuricemia

The following code(s) above E79.0 contain annotation back-references

 that may be applicable to E79.0:

  • E00-E89  Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
  • E70-E88  Metabolic disorders
  • E79  Disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism

Approximate Synonyms

  • Asymptomatic hyperuricemia
  • Hyperuricemia
  • Hyperuricemia (high uric acid in blood)

ICD-10-CM E79.0 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v42.0):

  • 947 Signs and symptoms with mcc
  • 948 Signs and symptoms without mcc

Convert E79.0 to ICD-9-CMCode History

  • 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
  • 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
  • 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
  • 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
  • 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
  • 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
  • 2024 (effective 10/1/2023): No change
  • 2025 (effective 10/1/2024): No change

Code annotations containing back-references to E79.0:

  • Type 1 Excludes: R79

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to E79.0:

  • Hyperuricemia E79.0 (asymptomatic)
  • Lithemia E79.0
  • Uric acid in blood E79.0 (increased)
  • Uricacidemia E79.0 (asymptomatic)
  • Uricemia E79.0 (asymptomatic)
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