ICD-10-CM › K00-K95 › K70-K77 › K76 Other diseases of liver › K76.8

K76.8

Other specified diseases of liver

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 4 more specific codes instead:

  • K76.81 Hepatopulmonary syndrome
  • K76.82 Hepatic encephalopathy
  • K76.83 Intestinal failure-associated liver disease
  • K76.89 Other specified diseases of liver

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.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Other specified diseases of liver

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 K76 Other diseases of liver

Excludes2 - not included here

  • alcoholic liver disease (K70.-)
  • amyloid degeneration of liver (E85.-)
  • cystic disease of liver (congenital) (Q44.6)
  • hepatic vein thrombosis (I82.0)
  • hepatomegaly NOS (R16.0)
  • pigmentary cirrhosis (of liver) (E83.110)
  • portal vein thrombosis (I81)
  • toxic liver disease (K71.-)

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

CodeDescriptionStatus
K76.0 Fatty (change of) liver, not elsewhere classified Valid
K76.1 Chronic passive congestion of liver Valid
K76.2 Central hemorrhagic necrosis of liver Valid
K76.3 Infarction of liver Valid
K76.4 Peliosis hepatis Valid
K76.5 Hepatic veno-occlusive disease Valid
K76.6 Portal hypertension Valid
K76.7 Hepatorenal syndrome Valid
K76.9 Liver disease, unspecified Valid