K71.7

K71.7: Toxic liver disease with fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

K71.7 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for toxic liver disease with fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check K71.7 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above K71.7

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on K71: Toxic liver disease

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

Other codes that can never be billed with K71.7

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

K73Chronic hepatitis, not elsewhere classified
K74Fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver

Risk adjustment

K71.7 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. Look up the whole chart to see which of its HCCs the hierarchy would zero.

Medicare coverage

K71.7 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
A56669Billing and Coding: Hospice - Liver Disease
A57414Billing and Coding: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (Diagnostic and Therapeutic)

K71.7: Toxic liver disease with fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above K71.7

Other codes that can never be billed with K71.7

Risk adjustment

Medicare coverage

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Code history

Other codes under K71