K74 — Fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver
K74 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1 — never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Code also
Both codes may be needed to describe the encounter fully. Sequencing depends on the reason for the visit.
Other codes that can never be billed with K74
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at K74. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading K74 alone.
- K74.02Hepatic fibrosis, advanced fibrosis
Risk adjustment
K74 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.
Code to one of these instead K74
7 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about K74
- Is K74 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. K74 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does K74 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Diseases of liver (K70-K77).
- What cannot be coded together with K74?
- K74 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.