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The National Lipid Association (NLA) is excited to announce it has submitted a proposal to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) to create new, specific ICD-10 codes for FH, which would include homozygous FH and heterozygous FH. The NCHS is the Federal agency responsible for revising the ICD codes and will review this proposal. The NLA worked collaboratively with The FH Foundation to draft this proposal that will have a profound impact on the diagnosis and treatment of FH.

Joyce Ross is a Nurse Practitioner with a long history of treating FH patients, but she also has a personal experience with the inherited disorder. When Joyce’s husband Jerry was 43 years old, he was diagnosed with FH.