K71

Toxic liver disease

Non-billable header

K71 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

Includes

  • drug-induced idiosyncratic (unpredictable) liver disease
  • drug-induced toxic (predictable) liver disease

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)
  • alcoholic liver disease (K70.-)
  • Budd-Chiari syndrome (I82.0)

Code first

Sequence the underlying condition first.

  • poisoning due to drug or toxin, if applicable (T36-T65 with fifth or sixth character 1-4)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)

More specific codes K71

  • K71.0Toxic liver disease with cholestasisBillable
  • K71.1Toxic liver disease with hepatic necrosisHeader
  • K71.2Toxic liver disease with acute hepatitisBillable
  • K71.3Toxic liver disease with chronic persistent hepatitisBillable
  • K71.4Toxic liver disease with chronic lobular hepatitisBillable
  • K71.5Toxic liver disease with chronic active hepatitisHeader
  • K71.6Toxic liver disease with hepatitis, not elsewhere classifiedBillable
  • K71.7Toxic liver disease with fibrosis and cirrhosis of liverBillable
  • K71.8Toxic liver disease with other disorders of liverBillable
  • K71.9Toxic liver disease, unspecifiedBillable

Related codes

  • K70Alcoholic 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

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