K70
K70: Alcoholic liver disease
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
K70 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for alcoholic liver disease. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Use additional code
Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.
- code to identify:
- alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-)
Other codes that can never be billed with K70
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead K70
6 child codes. Green means billable.