Chapter XI
Diseases of the digestive system
(K00-K93)

Diseases of liver
(K70-K77)

Excl.:
haemochromatosis ( E83.1)
jaundice NOS ( R17)
Reye syndrome ( G93.7)
viral hepatitis ( B15-B19)
Wilson disease ( E83.0)

K70 Alcoholic liver disease

K70.0 Alcoholic fatty liver
K70.1 Alcoholic hepatitis
K70.2 Alcoholic fibrosis and sclerosis of liver
K70.3 Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver
Incl.:
Alcoholic cirrhosis NOS
K70.4 Alcoholic hepatic failure
Incl.:
Alcoholic hepatic failure:
  • NOS
  • acute
  • chronic
  • subacute
  • with or without hepatic coma
K70.9 Alcoholic liver disease, unspecified

K71 Toxic liver disease

Incl.:
drug-induced:
  • idiosyncratic (unpredictable) liver disease
  • toxic (predictable) liver disease
Coding-Hint
Use additional external cause code (Chapter XX), if desired, to identify toxic agent.
Excl.:
alcoholic liver disease ( K70.-)
Budd-Chiari syndrome ( I82.0)
K71.0 Toxic liver disease with cholestasis
Incl.:
Cholestasis with hepatocyte injury
"Pure" cholestasis
K71.1 Toxic liver disease with hepatic necrosis
Incl.:
Hepatic failure (acute)(chronic) due to drugs
K71.2 Toxic liver disease with acute hepatitis
K71.3 Toxic liver disease with chronic persistent hepatitis
K71.4 Toxic liver disease with chronic lobular hepatitis
K71.5 Toxic liver disease with chronic active hepatitis
Incl.:
Toxic liver disease with lupoid hepatitis
K71.6 Toxic liver disease with hepatitis, not elsewhere classified
K71.7 Toxic liver disease with fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver
K71.8 Toxic liver disease with other disorders of liver
Incl.:
Toxic liver disease with:
  • focal nodular hyperplasia
  • hepatic granulomas
  • peliosis hepatis
  • veno-occlusive disease of liver
K71.9 Toxic liver disease, unspecified

K72 Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified

Incl.:
hepatic:
  • coma NOS
  • encephalopathy NOS
  • hepatitis:
    • fulminant
    • malignant
  • NEC, with hepatic failure
liver (cell) necrosis with hepatic failure
yellow liver atrophy or dystrophy
Excl.:
alcoholic hepatic failure ( K70.4)
hepatic failure complicating:
  • abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.8)
  • pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O26.6)
icterus of fetus and newborn ( P55-P59)
viral hepatitis ( B15-B19)
with toxic liver disease ( K71.1)
K72.0 Acute and subacute hepatic failure
Incl.:
Acute non-viral hepatitis NOS
K72.1 Chronic hepatic failure
K72.9 Hepatic failure, unspecified

K73 Chronic hepatitis, not elsewhere classified

Excl.:
hepatitis (chronic):
K73.0 Chronic persistent hepatitis, not elsewhere classified
K73.1 Chronic lobular hepatitis, not elsewhere classified
K73.2 Chronic active hepatitis, not elsewhere classified
K73.8 Other chronic hepatitis, not elsewhere classified
K73.9 Chronic hepatitis, unspecified

K74 Fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver

Excl.:
alcoholic fibrosis of liver ( K70.2)
cardiac sclerosis of liver ( K76.1)
cirrhosis (of liver):
with toxic liver disease ( K71.7)
K74.0 Hepatic fibrosis
K74.1 Hepatic sclerosis
K74.2 Hepatic fibrosis with hepatic sclerosis
K74.3 Primary biliary cirrhosis
Incl.:
Chronic nonsuppurative destructive cholangitis
K74.4 Secondary biliary cirrhosis
K74.5 Biliary cirrhosis, unspecified
K74.6 Other and unspecified cirrhosis of liver
Incl.:
Cirrhosis (of liver):
  • NOS
  • cryptogenic
  • macronodular
  • micronodular
  • mixed type
  • portal
  • postnecrotic

K75 Other inflammatory liver diseases

Excl.:
chronic hepatitis NEC ( K73.-)
hepatitis:
toxic liver disease ( K71.-)
K75.0 Abscess of liver
Incl.:
Hepatic abscess:
  • NOS
  • cholangitic
  • haematogenic
  • lymphogenic
  • pylephlebitic
Excl.:
amoebic liver abscess ( A06.4†, , K77.0*)
cholangitis without liver abscess ( K83.0)
pylephlebitis without liver abscess ( K75.1)
K75.1 Phlebitis of portal vein
Incl.:
Pylephlebitis
Excl.:
pylephlebitic liver abscess ( K75.0)
K75.2 Nonspecific reactive hepatitis
K75.3 Granulomatous hepatitis, not elsewhere classified
K75.4 Autoimmune hepatitis
Incl.:
Lupoid hepatitis NEC
K75.8 Other specified inflammatory liver diseases
Incl.:
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis [NASH]
K75.9 Inflammatory liver disease, unspecified
Incl.:
Hepatitis NOS

K76 Other diseases of liver

Excl.:
alcoholic liver disease ( K70.-)
amyloid degeneration of liver ( E85.-)
cystic disease of liver (congenital) ( Q44.6)
hepatic vein thrombosis ( I82.0)
hepatomegaly NOS ( R16.0)
portal vein thrombosis ( I81)
toxic liver disease ( K71.-)
K76.0 Fatty (change of) liver, not elsewhere classified
Incl.:
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease [NAFLD]
Excl.:
nonalcoholic steatohepatitis ( K75.8)
K76.1 Chronic passive congestion of liver
Incl.:
  • Cardiac:
    • cirrhosis (so-called)
    • sclerosis
  • of liver
K76.2 Central haemorrhagic necrosis of liver
Excl.:
liver necrosis with hepatic failure ( K72.-)
K76.3 Infarction of liver
K76.4 Peliosis hepatis
Incl.:
Hepatic angiomatosis
K76.5 Hepatic veno-occlusive disease
Excl.:
Budd-Chiari syndrome ( I82.0)
K76.6 Portal hypertension
K76.7 Hepatorenal syndrome
Excl.:
following labour and delivery ( O90.4)
K76.8 Other specified diseases of liver
Incl.:
Simple cyst of liver
Focal nodular hyperplasia of liver
Hepatoptosis
K76.9 Liver disease, unspecified

K77* Liver disorders in diseases classified elsewhere

K77.0* Liver disorders in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere
Incl.:
Amoebic liver abscess ( A06.4†)
Hepatitis:
Hepatosplenic schistosomiasis ( B65.-†)
Portal hypertension in schistosomiasis ( B65.-†)
Syphilitic liver disease ( A52.7†)
K77.8* Liver disorders in other diseases classified elsewhere
Incl.:
Hepatic granulomas in: