ICD-10-CM › K00-K95 › K70-K77 › K76.8 Other specified diseases of liver › K76.82
K76.82
Hepatic encephalopathy
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2023 to now.
- FY2023 Added to the code set Hepatic encephalopathy
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)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Leukoencephalopathy
- Encephalopathy > hepatic
- Intoxication > hepatocerebral
- Encephalopathy > portal-systemic
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| K76.81 | Hepatopulmonary syndrome | Valid |
| K76.83 | Intestinal failure-associated liver disease | Valid |
| K76.89 | Other specified diseases of liver | Valid |