K71.9

K71.9: Toxic liver disease, unspecified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

K71.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for toxic liver disease, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check K71.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above K71.9

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 K71.9

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

K73Chronic hepatitis, not elsewhere classified

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

K71.9 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Degeneration, degenerative›liver NEC›toxic(acute)
Disease, diseased›hepatobiliary›toxic
Disease, diseased›liver›toxic

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.