K71.6 — Toxic liver disease with hepatitis, not elsewhere classified
K71.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for toxic liver disease with hepatitis, not elsewhere classified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Other codes that can never be billed with K71.6
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at K71.6. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading K71.6 alone.
- K73Chronic hepatitis, not elsewhere classified
Risk adjustment
K71.6 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
K71.6 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 K71.6 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 K71.6.
- Hepatitis›toxic
- Disease, diseased›liver›toxic›with›hepatitis NEC
Code history
K71.6 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 K71.6 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- K71.0Toxic liver disease with cholestasis
- K71.1Toxic liver disease with hepatic necrosis
- K71.2Toxic liver disease with acute hepatitis
- K71.3Toxic liver disease with chronic persistent hepatitis
- K71.4Toxic liver disease with chronic lobular hepatitis
- K71.5Toxic liver disease with chronic active hepatitis
- K71.7Toxic liver disease with fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver
- K71.8Toxic liver disease with other disorders of liver
- K71.9Toxic liver disease, unspecified
Questions about K71.6
- Is K71.6 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. K71.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does K71.6 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Diseases of liver (K70-K77).