Kodex

Section

K70.4

Alcoholic hepatic failure

Hierarchy

K00-K95 Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95)
- K70-K77 Diseases of liver (K70-K77)
  - K70 Alcoholic liver disease
    - K70.4 Alcoholic hepatic failure
      - K70.40 Alcoholic hepatic failure without coma
      - K70.41 Alcoholic hepatic failure with coma

Inclusion Terms

K70.4

Acute alcoholic hepatic failure
Alcoholic hepatic failure NOS
Chronic alcoholic hepatic failure
Subacute alcoholic hepatic failure

Use Additional

code to identify:
alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-)
- F10 Alcohol related disorders

Excludes 1

jaundice NOS (R17)
- R17 Unspecified jaundice

Excludes 2

E83.11 Hemochromatosis
G93.7 Reye's syndrome
B15-B19 Viral hepatitis (B15-B19)
E83.01 Wilson's disease

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- O00-O9A Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
Q00-Q99 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
C00-D49 Neoplasms (C00-D49)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)