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ICD-10-CM Code K70.1
Alcoholic hepatitis

NON-BILLABLE
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.
| ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016

ICD Code K70.1 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the two child codes of K70.1 that describes the diagnosis 'alcoholic hepatitis' in more detail.


The ICD code K701 is used to code Steatohepatitis

Steatohepatitis (also known as fatty liver disease) is a type of liver disease, characterized by inflammation of the liver with concurrent fat accumulation in liver (steato-, meaning "fat", hepatitis, meaning "inflammation of the liver"). More deposition of fat in the liver is termed steatosis, and together these constitute fatty liver changes.

Specialty: Gastroenterology
MeSH Codes: ,
ICD 9 Codes: 571.0, 571.8

Micrograph of steatohepatitis. Liver biopsy. Trichrome stain

Source: Wikipedia

Related Concepts SNOMET-CT

  • Alcoholic hepatitis (disorder)

Coding Advice SNOMET-CT

  • Possible requirement for causative agent code

ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'K70.1 - Alcoholic hepatitis'

The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code K70.1. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.


Parent Code: K70 - Alcoholic liver disease

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