Alcoholic hepatic failure

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:

K70.40 Alcoholic hepatic failure without coma
K70.41 Alcoholic hepatic failure with coma

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Alcoholic hepatic failure

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from K70 Alcoholic liver disease

Use additional code

code to identify:
alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-)

Inherited from the K70-K77 section Diseases of liver (K70-K77)

Excludes1 - never coded here

jaundice NOS (R17)

Excludes2 - not included here

hemochromatosis (E83.11-)
Reye's syndrome (G93.7)
viral hepatitis (B15-B19)
Wilson's disease (E83.01)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
K70.0	Alcoholic fatty liver	Valid
K70.1	Alcoholic hepatitis	Not billable
K70.2	Alcoholic fibrosis and sclerosis of liver	Valid
K70.3	Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver	Not billable
K70.9	Alcoholic liver disease, unspecified	Valid