K70.31 — Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver with ascites
K70.31 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for alcoholic cirrhosis of liver with ascites. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Other codes that can never be billed with K70.31
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at K70.31. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading K70.31 alone.
- R18Ascites
Risk adjustment
K70.31 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 64 Cirrhosis of Liver0.447 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score.
Medicare coverage
K70.31 is named in 18 Medicare coverage policies — 18 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56416Billing and Coding: Assays for Vitamins and Metabolic Function
- A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
- A56461Billing and Coding: Endoscopy by Capsule
- A56461Billing and Coding: Endoscopy by Capsule
How K70.31 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to K70.31.
- Laennec's cirrhosis›with ascites
- Ascites›due to›cirrhosis, alcoholic
- Cirrhosis, cirrhotic›alcoholic›with ascites
- Cirrhosis, cirrhotic›Laennec's›with ascites
- Cirrhosis, cirrhotic›Laennec's›alcoholic›with ascites
- Cirrhosis, cirrhotic›liver›alcoholic›with ascites
- Cirrhosis, cirrhotic›macronodular›alcoholic›with ascites
- Cirrhosis, cirrhotic›micronodular›alcoholic›with ascites
- Cirrhosis, cirrhotic›nutritional›alcoholic›with ascites
- Cirrhosis, cirrhotic›portal›alcoholic›with ascites
- Cirrhosis, cirrhotic›postnecrotic›alcoholic›with ascites
- Disease, diseased›liver›alcoholic›cirrhosis›with ascites
Related codes at this level
Codes that share K70.3. If K70.31 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about K70.31
- Is K70.31 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. K70.31 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does K70.31 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Diseases of liver (K70-K77).