K76.82

Hepatic encephalopathy

Billable / specificHCC V28 63

K76.82 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

acute and subacute hepatic failure with coma (K72.01)
alcoholic hepatic failure with coma (K70.41)
chronic hepatic failure with coma (K72.11)
hepatic failure with coma (K72.91)
jaundice NOS (R17) (from K76)

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

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from K76)
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from K76)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from K76)
congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from K76)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from K76)
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from K76)
neoplasms (C00-D49) (from K76)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from K76)
hemochromatosis (E83.11-) (from K76)
Reye's syndrome (G93.7) (from K76)
viral hepatitis (B15-B19) (from K76)
Wilson's disease (E83.01) (from K76)
alcoholic liver disease (K70.-) (from K76)
amyloid degeneration of liver (E85.-) (from K76)
cystic disease of liver (congenital) (Q44.6) (from K76)
hepatic vein thrombosis (I82.0) (from K76)
hepatomegaly NOS (R16.0) (from K76)
pigmentary cirrhosis (of liver) (E83.110) (from K76)
portal vein thrombosis (I81) (from K76)
toxic liver disease (K71.-) (from K76)

An additional code may be needed.

underlying liver disease, such as:
acute and subacute hepatic failure without coma (K72.00)
alcoholic hepatic failure without coma (K70.40)
chronic hepatic failure without coma (K72.10)
hepatic failure with toxic liver disease without coma (K71.10)
hepatic failure without coma (K72.90)
icterus of newborn (P55-P59)
postprocedural hepatic failure (K91.82)
viral hepatitis without hepatic coma (B15.9, B16.1, B16.9, B17.10, B19.10, B19.20, B19.9)