ICD-10-CM Code K72.9
Hepatic failure, unspecified
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
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 K72.9 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the two child codes of K72.9 that describes the diagnosis 'hepatic failure, unspecified' in more detail.
- K72.9 Hepatic failure, unspecified NON-BILLABLE
The ICD code K729 is used to code Liver failure
Liver failure or hepatic insufficiency is the inability of the liver to perform its normal synthetic and metabolic function as part of normal physiology. Two forms are recognised, acute and chronic.
| Specialty: | Gastroenterology |
| MeSH Code: | D017093 |
| ICD 9 Code: | 573.8 |
A person with massive ascites and caput medusae due to cirrhotic liver failure
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'K72.9 - Hepatic failure, unspecified'
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Parent Code: K72 - Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified