K76.4

K76.4: Peliosis hepatis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

K76.4 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for peliosis hepatis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Hepatic angiomatosis

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above K76.4

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on K76: Other diseases of liver

alcoholic liver disease (K70.-)
amyloid degeneration of liver (E85.-)
cystic disease of liver (congenital) (Q44.6)
hepatic vein thrombosis (I82.0)
hepatomegaly NOS (R16.0)
pigmentary cirrhosis (of liver) (E83.110)
portal vein thrombosis (I81)
toxic liver disease (K71.-)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

K76.4 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 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
A57591Billing and Coding: Non-Invasive Abdominal / Visceral Vascular Studies

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Angiomatosis›liver
Peliosis›hepatis

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.