2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K74.00

Hepatic fibrosis, unspecified

    2021 - New Code 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
  • K74.00 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 K74.00 became effective on October 1, 2022.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K74.00 - other international versions of ICD-10 K74.00 may differ.
The following code(s) above K74.00 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 K74.00:
  • 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
    Diseases of liver
  • K74
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K74

    Fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    Code Also
    • , if applicable, viral hepatitis (acute) (chronic) (B15-B19)
    Type 1 Excludes
    • alcoholic cirrhosis (of liver) (K70.3)
    • alcoholic fibrosis of liver (K70.2)
    • cardiac sclerosis of liver (K76.1)
    • cirrhosis (of liver) with toxic liver disease (K71.7)
    • congenital cirrhosis (of liver) (P78.81)
    • pigmentary cirrhosis (of liver) (E83.110)
    Fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver
  • K74.0
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K74.0

    Hepatic fibrosis

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 - Converted to Parent Code 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    Code First
    • underlying liver disease, such as:
    • nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) (K75.81)
    Hepatic fibrosis
ICD-10-CM K74.00 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
Code History
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): New code
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
  • 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to K74.00:

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To K74.00
K72.90 …… without coma
K72.91 …… with coma
K73 Chronic hepatitis, not elsewhere classified
K73.0 Chronic persistent hepatitis, not elsewhere classified
K73.1 Chronic lobular hepatitis, not elsewhere classified
K73.2 Chronic active hepatitis, not elsewhere classified
K73.8 Other chronic hepatitis, not elsewhere classified
K73.9 Chronic hepatitis, unspecified
K74 Fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver
K74.0 Hepatic fibrosis
K74.00 …… unspecified
K74.01 …… early fibrosis
K74.02 …… advanced fibrosis
K74.1 Hepatic sclerosis
K74.2 Hepatic fibrosis with hepatic sclerosis
K74.3 Primary biliary cirrhosis
K74.4 Secondary biliary cirrhosis
K74.5 Biliary cirrhosis, unspecified
K74.6 Other and unspecified cirrhosis of liver
K74.60 Unspecified cirrhosis of liver
K74.69 Other cirrhosis of liver

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