ICD-10-CM Code K71
Toxic liver disease

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 K71 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the ten child codes of K71 that describes the diagnosis 'toxic liver disease' in more detail.

K71 Toxic liver disease NON-BILLABLE
- BILLABLE K71.0 Toxic liver disease with cholestasis
- K71.1 Toxic liver disease with hepatic necrosis NON-BILLABLE
- BILLABLE K71.2 Toxic liver disease with acute hepatitis
- BILLABLE K71.3 Toxic liver disease with chronic persistent hepatitis
- BILLABLE K71.4 Toxic liver disease with chronic lobular hepatitis
- K71.5 Toxic liver disease with chronic active hepatitis NON-BILLABLE
- BILLABLE K71.6 Toxic liver disease with hepatitis, not elsewhere classified
- BILLABLE K71.7 Toxic liver disease with fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver
- BILLABLE K71.8 Toxic liver disease with other disorders of liver
- BILLABLE K71.9 Toxic liver disease, unspecified

Coding Notes for K71 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code

Code Includes Notes: Includes Includes notes further define, or give examples of, conditions included in the section.: Drug-induced idiosyncratic (unpredictable) liver disease; Drug-induced toxic (predictable) liver disease

codeFirst:: Poisoning due to drug or toxin, if applicable See Section T36-T65 with fifth or sixth character 1-4 or 6)

Additional Code Note: Use Additional Code Use Additional Code note means a second code must be used in conjunction with this code. Codes with this note are Etiology codes and must be followed by a Manifestation code or codes.: Code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug See Section T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)

Code Type-2 Excludes: Type-2 Excludes Type-2 Excludes means the excluded conditions are different, although they may appear similar. A patient may have both conditions, but one does not include the other. Excludes 2 means "not coded here.": Alcoholic liver disease - instead, use code K70.-; Budd-Chiari syndrome - instead, use code I82.0