K72.00

Acute and subacute hepatic failure without coma

Billable / specific

K72.00 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Includes (from K72)

  • fulminant hepatitis NEC, with hepatic failure
  • liver (cell) necrosis with hepatic failure
  • malignant hepatitis NEC, with hepatic failure
  • yellow liver atrophy or dystrophy

Excludes1

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)

Excludes2

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)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code, if applicable, for ascites (R18.8) (from K72)

Also known as

  • Atrophy, atrophic, liver, acute, subacute
  • Degeneration, degenerative, liverNEC, parenchymatous, acute or subacute
  • Failure, failed, hepatic, acute or subacute
  • Hepatitis, ischemia, ischemic
  • Hepatitis, shock
  • Shock, liver

Parent code

  • K72.0Acute and subacute hepatic failureHeader

Related codes

  • K72.01Acute and subacute hepatic failure with comaBillable

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