ICD-10-CM Codes
K00-K95
K70-K77
K70-
2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K70.41

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K70.41

Alcoholic hepatic failure with coma

2016

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2020

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2022

2023

Billable/Specific Code

Adult Dx (15-124 years)

K70.41 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM K70.41 became effective on October 1, 2022.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K70.41 - other international versions of ICD-10 K70.41 may differ.

ICD-10-CM Coding Rules

K70.41 is applicable to adult patients aged 15 - 124 years inclusive.

The following code(s) above K70.41 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 K70.41:

K00-K95
2023 ICD-10-CM Range K00-K95
Diseases of the digestive system
Type 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
2023 ICD-10-CM Range K70-K77
Diseases of liver
Type 1 Excludes
- jaundice NOS (R17)
Type 2 Excludes
- hemochromatosis (E83.11-)
- Reye's syndrome (G93.7)
- viral hepatitis (B15-B19)
- Wilson's disease (E83.0)
Diseases of liver
K70
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K70
Alcoholic liver disease
Use Additional
- code to identify:
- alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-)
Alcoholic liver disease
K70.4
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K70.4
Alcoholic hepatic failure
Applicable To
- Acute alcoholic hepatic failure
- Alcoholic hepatic failure NOS
- Chronic alcoholic hepatic failure
- Subacute alcoholic hepatic failure
Alcoholic hepatic failure

Approximate Synonyms

Alcoholic liver failure with coma
Hepatic coma due to alcoholic liver failure

ICD-10-CM K70.41 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):

432 Cirrhosis and alcoholic hepatitis with mcc
433 Cirrhosis and alcoholic hepatitis with cc
434 Cirrhosis and alcoholic hepatitis without cc/mcc

Convert K70.41 to ICD-9-CM

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
2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change

Code annotations containing back-references to K70.41:

Type 1 Excludes: K76.82

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K76.82
Hepatic encephalopathy
Applicable To
- Hepatic encephalopathy, NOS
- Hepatic encephalopathy without coma
- Hepatocerebral intoxication
- Portal-systemic encephalopathy
Code Also
- underlying liver disease, such as:
- acute and subacute hepatic failure without coma (K72.00)
- alcoholic hepatic failure without coma (K70.40)
- chronic hepatic failure without coma (K72.10)
- hepatic failure with toxic liver disease without coma (K71.10)
- hepatic failure without coma (K72.90)
- icterus of newborn (P55-P59)
- postprocedural hepatic failure (K91.82)
- viral hepatitis without hepatic coma (B15.9, B16.1, B16.9, B17.10, B19.10, B19.20, B19.9)
Type 1 Excludes
- acute and subacute hepatic failure with coma (K72.01)
- alcoholic hepatic failure with coma (K70.41)
- chronic hepatic failure with coma (K72.11)
- hepatic failure with coma (K72.91)

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to K70.41:

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 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
  - alcoholic (chronic) K70.9
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K70.9
    Alcoholic liver disease, unspecified
    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code Adult Dx (15-124 years)
    - failure K70.40
      ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K70.40
      Alcoholic hepatic failure without coma
      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code Adult Dx (15-124 years)
      - with coma K70.41
Failure, failed
- hepatic K72.90
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K72.90
  Hepatic failure, unspecified without coma
  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
  - alcoholic (acute) (chronic) (subacute) K70.40
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K70.40
    Alcoholic hepatic failure without coma
    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code Adult Dx (15-124 years)
    - with coma K70.41

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To K70.41

K70.0 Alcoholic fatty liver

K70.1 Alcoholic hepatitis

K70.10 …… without ascites

K70.11 …… with ascites

K70.2 Alcoholic fibrosis and sclerosis of liver

K70.3 Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver

K70.30 …… without ascites

K70.31 …… with ascites

K70.4 Alcoholic hepatic failure

K70.40 …… without coma

K70.41 …… with coma

K70.9 Alcoholic liver disease, unspecified

K71 Toxic liver disease

K71.0 Toxic liver disease with cholestasis

K71.1 Toxic liver disease with hepatic necrosis

K71.10 …… without coma

K71.11 …… with coma

K71.2 Toxic liver disease with acute hepatitis

K71.3 Toxic liver disease with chronic persistent hepatitis

K71.4 Toxic liver disease with chronic lobular hepatitis

K71.5 Toxic liver disease with chronic active hepatitis

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K70.41

Alcoholic hepatic failure with coma

Diseases of the digestive system

Diseases of liver

Alcoholic liver disease

Alcoholic hepatic failure

Hepatic encephalopathy

Liver disease, unspecified

Alcoholic liver disease, unspecified

Alcoholic hepatic failure without coma

Hepatic failure, unspecified without coma

Alcoholic hepatic failure without coma