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ICD-10-CM Codes
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K00-K95
Diseases of the digestive system
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K70-K77
Diseases of liver
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K70-
Alcoholic liver disease
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K70.1
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K70.1
Alcoholic hepatitis
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- K70.1 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM K70.1 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K70.1 - other international versions of ICD-10 K70.1 may differ.
The following code(s) above
K70.1 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
K70.1:
- K00-K95
2021 ICD-10-CM Range K00-K95
Diseases of the digestive systemType 2 Excludes- 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)
Diseases of the digestive system - K70-K77
2021 ICD-10-CM Range K70-K77
Diseases of liver - K70
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K70
Alcoholic liver disease
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Use Additional- code to identify:
- alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-)
Alcoholic liver disease
Clinical Information
- Acute or chronic degenerative and inflammatory lesion of the liver in the alcoholic which is potentially progressive though sometimes reversible; it does not necessarily include steatosis, fibrosis, or cirrhosis of the liver, although it is frequently associated with these conditions; it is characterized by liver cell necrosis, infiltration by polymorphonuclear leukocytes and lymphocytes, and mallory bodies.
- Inflammation of the liver due to alcohol abuse. It is characterized by necrosis of hepatocytes, infiltration by neutrophils, and deposit of mallory bodies. Depending on its severity, the inflammatory lesion may be reversible or progress to liver cirrhosis.
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
Code annotations containing back-references to K70.1:
- Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
- liver (chronic) (organic) K76.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K76.9
Liver disease, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- inflammatory K75.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K75.9
Inflammatory liver disease, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
Type 1 Excludes- acute or subacute hepatitis (K72.0-)
- chronic hepatitis NEC (K73.-)
- viral hepatitis (B15-B19)
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To K70.1
K66.9 Disorder of peritoneum, unspecified
K67 Disorders of peritoneum in infectious diseases classified elsewhere
K68 Disorders of retroperitoneum
K68.1 Retroperitoneal abscess
K68.11 Postprocedural retroperitoneal abscess
K68.19 Other retroperitoneal abscess
K68.9 Other disorders of retroperitoneum
K70 Alcoholic liver disease
K70.0 Alcoholic fatty liver
K70.1
Alcoholic hepatitis
K70.2 Alcoholic fibrosis and sclerosis of liver
K70.3 Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver
K70.4 Alcoholic hepatic failure
K70.9 Alcoholic liver disease, unspecified
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.