K71

K71: Toxic liver disease

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

K71 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for toxic liver disease. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist

The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.

alcoholic liver disease (K70.-)
Budd-Chiari syndrome (I82.0)

Code first

The underlying condition must be sequenced before this code.

poisoning due to drug or toxin, if applicable (T36-T65 with fifth or sixth character 1-4)

Use additional code

Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.

code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)

Includes

Conditions this code covers.

drug-induced idiosyncratic (unpredictable) liver disease
drug-induced toxic (predictable) liver disease

Other codes that can never be billed with K71

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

K72Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified
K73Chronic hepatitis, not elsewhere classified
K74Fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver
R18Ascites

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 K71

10 child codes. Green means billable.