ICD-10-CM Code K74.6
Other and unspecified cirrhosis of liver
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 K74.6 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the two child codes of K74.6 that describes the diagnosis 'other and unspecified cirrhosis of liver' in more detail.
- K74.6 Other and unspecified cirrhosis of liver NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE K74.60 Unspecified cirrhosis of liver
- BILLABLE K74.69 Other cirrhosis of liver
The ICD code K74 is used to code Cirrhosis
Cirrhosis is a condition in which the liver does not function properly due to long-term damage. Typically, the disease comes on slowly over months or years. Early on, there are often no symptoms. As the disease worsens, a person may become tired, weak, itchy, have swelling in the lower legs, develop yellow skin, bruise easily, have fluid build up in the abdomen, or develop spider-like blood vessels on the skin. The fluid build-up in the abdomen may become spontaneously infected. Other complications include hepatic encephalopathy, bleeding from dilated veins in the esophagus or dilated stomach veins, and liver cancer. Hepatic encephalopathy results in confusion and possibly unconsciousness.
| Specialty: | Gastroenterology |
| MeSH Code: | D008103 |
| ICD 9 Code: | 571 |
The abdomen of a person with cirrhosis showing massive fluid buildup and very visible veins
Related Concepts SNOMET-CT
- Cirrhosis of liver due to chronic hepatitis C (disorder)
Coding Advice SNOMET-CT
- Possible requirement for additional code to fully describe disease or condition
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'K74.6 - Other and unspecified cirrhosis of liver'
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Parent Code: K74 - Fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver