ICD-10-CM Code K70.1
Alcoholic hepatitis
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 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.
- K70.1 Alcoholic hepatitis NON-BILLABLE
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
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