K71.51 — Toxic liver disease with chronic active hepatitis with ascites
K71.51 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for toxic liver disease with chronic active hepatitis with ascites. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Other codes that can never be billed with K71.51
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at K71.51. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading K71.51 alone.
- R18Ascites
Risk adjustment
K71.51 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 65 Chronic Hepatitis0.185 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
K71.51 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 K71.51 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 K71.51.
- Ascites›due to›hepatitis›chronic active›with toxic liver disease
- Disease, diseased›liver›toxic›with›hepatitis NEC›lupoid›with ascites
- Disease, diseased›liver›toxic›with›hepatitis NEC›chronic›active›with ascites
Related codes at this level
Codes that share K71.5. If K71.51 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about K71.51
- Is K71.51 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. K71.51 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does K71.51 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Diseases of liver (K70-K77).