Hepatic fibrosis

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

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

Billable FY2016 to FY2020, and a category header from FY2021.

Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:

K74.00 Hepatic fibrosis, unspecified
K74.01 Hepatic fibrosis, early fibrosis
K74.02 Hepatic fibrosis, advanced fibrosis
K74.0A Hepatic fibrosis, moderate fibrosis

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Hepatic fibrosis
FY2021 Stopped being billable

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 K74 Fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver

Excludes1 - never coded here

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 also

, if applicable, viral hepatitis (acute) (chronic) (B15-B19)

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
K74.1	Hepatic sclerosis	Valid
K74.2	Hepatic fibrosis with hepatic sclerosis	Valid
K74.3	Primary biliary cirrhosis	Valid
K74.4	Secondary biliary cirrhosis	Valid
K74.5	Biliary cirrhosis, unspecified	Valid
K74.6	Other and unspecified cirrhosis of liver	Not billable