ICD-10 codes for Cirrhosis

The primary ICD-10-CM codes for cirrhosis are K74.60, K70.30, K70.31. Across all sub-categories, 50 codes are grouped under cirrhosis, with 39 marked as billable (specific enough for a medical claim).

There are 50 ICD-10-CM codes related to cirrhosis. Of these, 39 are billable specific codes and 11 are non-billable header categories that organize the specific codes underneath them. Header codes cannot be reported on a claim by themselves.

Yes. 39 of the 50 ICD-10-CM codes for cirrhosis are billable. Common examples include K70.0 (Alcoholic fatty liver); K70.10 (Alcoholic hepatitis without ascites); K70.11 (Alcoholic hepatitis with ascites). Code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation.

The most commonly used billable codes for cirrhosis include: K70.0 (Alcoholic fatty liver); K70.10 (Alcoholic hepatitis without ascites); K70.11 (Alcoholic hepatitis with ascites). The correct code depends on the documented clinical presentation, including any complications, episode (acute / chronic), and laterality where applicable. Always code to the highest level of specificity supported by the clinical documentation.

Yes, K74.60 (Unspecified cirrhosis of liver) is a billable / specific ICD-10-CM code that can be reported on insurance claims.

The ICD-10 codes for cirrhosis map to at least 25 SNOMED CT concepts. Examples of SNOMED CT concept IDs in this group include 235601000112100, 44047000, 50325005, 1234778004, 235875008. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records; AutoICD's coding API returns SNOMED CT IDs alongside each ICD-10 code via the include_snomed=true flag.

The ICD-10 codes for cirrhosis are linked to at least 25 UMLS CUIs in the National Library of Medicine's Metathesaurus. Sample CUIs include C0023896, C0015696, C0019187, C2887910, C2887911. UMLS CUIs unify the same concept across SNOMED CT, ICD-10, ICD-11, RxNorm, MeSH, and dozens of other source vocabularies.

Cirrhosis may also be referred to as: cirrhosis, liver cirrhosis, alcoholic cirrhosis, fatty liver disease, NAFLD, NASH. The same ICD-10-CM codes apply regardless of which term appears in the clinical documentation. Synonyms are surfaced by AutoICD's NER pass and mapped to the canonical ICD-10 family above.