K72.10 — Chronic hepatic failure without coma
K72.10 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for chronic hepatic failure without coma. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
K72.10 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 63 Chronic Liver Failure/End-Stage Liver Disorders0.962 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
K72.10 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies — 3 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
- A56500Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
- A57361Billing and Coding: Monitored Anesthesia Care
How K72.10 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 K72.10.
- Atrophy, atrophic›liver›chronic
- Failure, failed›hepatic›chronic
- Failure, failed›hepatic›end stage
Related codes at this level
Codes that share K72.1. If K72.10 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about K72.10
- Is K72.10 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. K72.10 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does K72.10 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Diseases of liver (K70-K77).