ICD-10-CM · Chapter 11 · K00–K95
K70
Alcoholic liver disease
Diseases of the digestive system
Heads up:this is a parent code. It's typically not directly billable — you need to drill down to a more specific child code (one with additional digits) to use on a claim.
Quick facts
- Code
- K70
- Type
- Category / header (non-billable)
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 11 — Diseases of the digestive system
- Category
- K70
- Specificity
- 3 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM K70 is a category (header) for alcoholic liver disease. It is generally not reported directly on a claim — coders drill down to a more specific child code (one with additional characters) that matches the documentation. Use the related codes below to find the billable code that fits, and verify against the annual NCHS/CMS guidelines.
Related codes in K70
- K70.0Alcoholic fatty liver
- K70.1Alcoholic hepatitis
- K70.10Alcoholic hepatitis without ascites
- K70.11Alcoholic hepatitis with ascites
- K70.2Alcoholic fibrosis and sclerosis of liver
- K70.3Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver
- K70.30Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver without ascites
- K70.31Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver with ascites
- K70.4Alcoholic hepatic failure
- K70.40Alcoholic hepatic failure without coma
- K70.41Alcoholic hepatic failure with coma
- K70.9Alcoholic liver disease, unspecified
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