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K70

Non-billable

Alcoholic liver disease

Alcoholic liver disease

This is a header/category code. For billing purposes, use a more specific child code from the list below.

Status

Non-billable / Header

Block

K70-K77

Child Codes

6

Coding Notes

Excludes 1

Codes that cannot be used together with this code (mutual exclusion)

  • jaundice NOS (R17)

Excludes 2

Conditions not included here, but the patient may have both

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
  • hemochromatosis (E83.11-)
  • Reye's syndrome (G93.7)
  • viral hepatitis (B15-B19)
  • Wilson's disease (E83.01)

Use Additional Code

Additional codes that should follow this code

  • code to identify:
  • alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-)

Child Codes (6)

K70.0

Alcoholic fatty liver

BillableK70.1

Alcoholic hepatitis

K70.2

Alcoholic fibrosis and sclerosis of liver

BillableK70.3

Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver

K70.4

Alcoholic hepatic failure

K70.9

Alcoholic liver disease, unspecified

Billable

Also Known As / Clinical Terms

UMLS

Frequently Asked Questions

What is ICD-10 code K70?

ICD-10-CM code K70 represents "Alcoholic liver disease". It is a non-billable header code — use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

Is K70 a billable code?

No, K70 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 6 child codes under K70.

What chapter is K70 in?

K70 is in Chapter 11: Diseases of the Digestive System (codes K00-K95).

What codes cannot be used with K70?

K70 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: jaundice NOS (R17).

What are the subcategories under K70?

K70 has 6 child codes, including: K70.0 (Alcoholic fatty liver), K70.1 (Alcoholic hepatitis), K70.2 (Alcoholic fibrosis and sclerosis of liver), K70.3 (Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver), and 2 more.

Are additional codes required with K70?

Yes, when using K70 you should also code: code to identify:; alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-).

What are the UMLS CUIs for K70?

K70 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C0023896. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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Includes SNOMED Clinical Terms® (SNOMED CT®) used by permission of SNOMED International. Includes content from the UMLS Metathesaurus, courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.