Alcoholic liver disease
Non-billable header
K70 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
- jaundice NOS (R17)
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- hemochromatosis (E83.11-)
- Reye's syndrome (G93.7)
- viral hepatitis (B15-B19)
- Wilson's disease (E83.01)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
- code to identify:
- alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-)
More specific codes K70
Related codes
- K71Toxic liver diseaseHeader
- K72Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classifiedHeader
- K73Chronic hepatitis, not elsewhere classifiedHeader
- K74Fibrosis and cirrhosis of liverHeader
- K75Other inflammatory liver diseasesHeader
- K76Other diseases of liverHeader
- K77Liver disorders in diseases classified elsewhereBillable