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K74 - Fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver

ICD-10-CM Chapter 11: Diseases of the digestive system · K70-K77 Diseases of liver (K70-K77) · Top-level category · FY2027

Coding Guidance

K74 is a non-billable heading. Report one of the 7 more specific codes below.

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom K74

Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.

  • 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)
Code AlsoFrom K74

Report an additional code when both conditions apply.

  • , if applicable, viral hepatitis (acute) (chronic) (B15-B19)
Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom K70-K77 Diseases of liver (K70-K77)

Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.

  • jaundice NOS (R17)
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom K70-K77 Diseases of liver (K70-K77)

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

  • hemochromatosis (E83.11-)
  • Reye's syndrome (G93.7)
  • viral hepatitis (B15-B19)
  • Wilson's disease (E83.01)
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Chapter K00-K95

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

  • 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)

More Specific Codes (7)

K74.0Hepatic fibrosis→K74.1Hepatic sclerosis→K74.2Hepatic fibrosis with hepatic sclerosis→K74.3Primary biliary cirrhosis→K74.4Secondary biliary cirrhosis→K74.5Biliary cirrhosis, unspecified→K74.6Other and unspecified cirrhosis of liver→

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