K72.0

Acute and subacute hepatic failure

Non-billable header

K72.0 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

jaundice NOS (R17) (from K72)
alcoholic hepatic failure (K70.4) (from K72)
hepatic failure with toxic liver disease (K71.1-) (from K72)
icterus of newborn (P55-P59) (from K72)
postprocedural hepatic failure (K91.82) (from K72)

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from K72)
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from K72)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from K72)
congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from K72)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from K72)
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from K72)
neoplasms (C00-D49) (from K72)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from K72)
hemochromatosis (E83.11-) (from K72)
Reye's syndrome (G93.7) (from K72)
viral hepatitis (B15-B19) (from K72)
Wilson's disease (E83.01) (from K72)
hepatic failure complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.8) (from K72)
hepatic failure complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O26.6-) (from K72)
viral hepatitis with hepatic coma (B15-B19) (from K72)

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.