K71

Non-Billable
ChapterK00–K95
Rankcategory
Official Description

Toxic liver disease

Metadata & Insights
  • Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
  • Chapter 11: Diseases of the Digestive System (K00-K95).

CH11 Parent Instructions

Excludes2(Not included here. Code separately if applicable.)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

K70-K77 Parent Instructions

Excludes1(Not coded here. Use a different code.)
  • jaundice NOS (R17)
Excludes2(Not included here. Code separately if applicable.)

Instructional Notes

Includes
  • drug-induced idiosyncratic (unpredictable) liver disease
  • drug-induced toxic (predictable) liver disease
Excludes2(Not included here. Code separately if applicable.)
  • alcoholic liver disease (K70.-)
  • Budd-Chiari syndrome (I82.0)
Code First
  • poisoning due to drug or toxin, if applicable (T36-T65 with fifth or sixth character 1-4)
Use Additional Code
  • code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)

Clinical Hierarchy

BillableHas subcodes
CH11Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95)
K70-K77Diseases of liver (K70-K77)
K71Toxic liver diseaseNot billable
K71.0Toxic liver disease with cholestasisBillable
K71.1Toxic liver disease with hepatic necrosisSubcodes
K71.2Toxic liver disease with acute hepatitisBillable
K71.3Toxic liver disease with chronic persistent hepatitisBillable
K71.4Toxic liver disease with chronic lobular hepatitisBillable
K71.5Toxic liver disease with chronic active hepatitisSubcodes
K71.6Toxic liver disease with hepatitis, not elsewhere classifiedBillable
K71.7Toxic liver disease with fibrosis and cirrhosis of liverBillable
K71.8Toxic liver disease with other disorders of liverBillable
K71.9Toxic liver disease, unspecifiedBillable

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to K71:

blockK70-K77
Diseases of liver (K70-K77)
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chapterCH11
Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95)
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MS-DRG Classification

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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