K72.00 — Acute and subacute hepatic failure without coma
K72.00 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for acute and subacute hepatic failure without coma. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
K72.00 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
K72.00 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies — 4 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
- A56697Billing and Coding: Non-Invasive Vascular Studies
- A56758Billing and Coding: Non-Invasive Vascular Studies
- A57361Billing and Coding: Monitored Anesthesia Care
How K72.00 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 K72.00.
- Hepatitis›ischemia, ischemic
- Hepatitis›shock
- Shock›liver
- Atrophy, atrophic›liver›acute, subacute
- Degeneration, degenerative›liver NEC›parenchymatous, acute or subacute
- Failure, failed›hepatic›acute or subacute
Related codes at this level
Codes that share K72.0. If K72.00 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about K72.00
- Is K72.00 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. K72.00 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does K72.00 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Diseases of liver (K70-K77).