Is K71.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. K71.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does K71.2 sit in the tabular list?

Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Diseases of liver (K70-K77).

K71.2

K71.2 — Toxic liver disease with acute hepatitis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

K71.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for toxic liver disease with acute hepatitis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above K71.2

Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of K71.2, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.

Written on K71 — Toxic liver disease

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

Other codes that can never be billed with K71.2

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at K71.2. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading K71.2 alone.

K73Chronic hepatitis, not elsewhere classified

Risk adjustment

K71.2 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

K71.2 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies — 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
A56669Billing and Coding: Hospice - Liver Disease

How K71.2 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 K71.2.

Disease, diseased›liver›toxic›with›hepatitis NEC›acute

Code history

K71.2 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share K71. If K71.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about K71.2

Is K71.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. K71.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does K71.2 sit in the tabular list?: Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Diseases of liver (K70-K77).