K72Non-billable (header)
Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified
✓ Includes
- •fulminant hepatitis NEC, with hepatic failure
- •liver (cell) necrosis with hepatic failure
- •malignant hepatitis NEC, with hepatic failure
- •yellow liver atrophy or dystrophy
✗ Excludes 1(Not coded here)
- •alcoholic hepatic failure (K70.4)
- •hepatic failure with toxic liver disease (K71.1-)
- •icterus of newborn (P55-P59)
- •postprocedural hepatic failure (K91.82)
⚠ Excludes 2(Not included here)
- •hepatic failure complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.8)
- •hepatic failure complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O26.6-)
- •viral hepatitis with hepatic coma (B15-B19)
Notes
- ℹcode, if applicable, for ascites (R18.8)
Code Hierarchy
┌11Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95)├K70-K77Diseases of liver (K70-K77)├K72Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified
└K72Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified
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