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K74.0

K74.0: Hepatic fibrosis

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

K74.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for hepatic fibrosis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Code first

The underlying condition must be sequenced before this code.

  • underlying liver disease, such as:
  • nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) (K75.81)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above K74.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on K74: Fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver

  • alcoholic cirrhosis (of liver) (K70.3)
  • alcoholic fibrosis of liver (K70.2)
  • cardiac sclerosis of liver (K76.1)
  • cirrhosis (of liver) with toxic liver disease (K71.7)
  • congenital cirrhosis (of liver) (P78.81)
  • pigmentary cirrhosis (of liver) (E83.110)

Risk adjustment

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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead K74.0

4 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under K74

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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