K77
K77: Liver disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
K77 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for liver disorders in diseases classified elsewhere. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check K77 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- alcoholic hepatitis (K70.1-)
- alcoholic liver disease (K70.-)
- cytomegaloviral hepatitis (B25.1)
- herpesviral [herpes simplex] hepatitis (B00.81)
- mumps hepatitis (B26.81)
- sarcoidosis with liver disease (D86.89)
- secondary syphilis with liver disease (A51.45)
- syphilis (late) with liver disease (A52.74)
- toxoplasmosis (acquired) hepatitis (B58.1)
- tuberculosis with liver disease (A18.83)
Code first
The underlying condition must be sequenced before this code.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
K77 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.