DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

K70 Alcoholic liver disease

  • Header · not billable

K70 is not billable. The category heads 9 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 6 subdivisions.

Index → code

  • Zieve's syndrome → K70.0
  • Laennec's cirrhosis → K70.30
  • Laennec's cirrhosiswith ascites → K70.31

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 11 Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95)
  2. K70-K77 Diseases of liver (K70-K77)
  3. K70 Alcoholic liver disease
Billable codes
9
Subdivisions
6
CC / MCC codes
0 / 1
HCC V28 codes
6
New FY2027
0
Index entries
50

Codes in K70

  1. K70.0
    Alcoholic fatty liver
    Billable
  2. K70.1
    Alcoholic hepatitis
    Header
  3. K70.10
    Alcoholic hepatitis without ascites
    Billable65
  4. K70.11
    Alcoholic hepatitis with ascites
    Billable65
  5. K70.2
    Alcoholic fibrosis and sclerosis of liver
    Billable
  6. K70.3
    Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver
    Header
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Alcoholic cirrhosis NOS
  7. K70.30
    Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver without ascites
    Billable64
  8. K70.31
    Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver with ascites
    Billable64
  9. K70.4
    Alcoholic hepatic failure
    Header
    Inclusion terms 4

    Inclusion terms

    • Acute alcoholic hepatic failure
    • Alcoholic hepatic failure NOS
    • Chronic alcoholic hepatic failure
    • Subacute alcoholic hepatic failure
  10. K70.40
    Alcoholic hepatic failure without coma
    Billable63
  11. K70.41
    Alcoholic hepatic failure with coma
    BillableMCC63
  12. K70.9
    Alcoholic liver disease, unspecified
    Billable

CC/MCC: as a secondary diagnosis, unless the principal diagnosis is on the code’s PDX exclusion list (MS-DRG v44 Appendix C; list on the code card).

Sources of each column.

Instructions

At K70

Use additional code

  • code to identify:
  • alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-) F10

Notes that also apply

Block K70-K77 instructions (Excludes1 1, Excludes2 4): printed on the block page.

Chapter 11 instructions (Excludes2 8): printed on the chapter 11 page.

Index entries

  • Zieve's syndrome → K70.0
  • Laennec's cirrhosis → K70.30
  • Hepatitisalcoholic (acute) (chronic) → K70.10
  • Cirrhosis, cirrhotic (hepatic) (liver)alcoholic → K70.30
  • Cirrhosis, cirrhotic (hepatic) (liver)Laennec's → K70.30
  • Laennec's cirrhosiswith ascites → K70.31
  • Alcohol, alcoholic, alcohol-inducedliver → K70.9
  • Cirrhosis, cirrhotic (hepatic) (liver)fattyalcoholic → K70.0
  • Fattyliver NECalcoholic → K70.0
  • Hepatitisalcoholic (acute) (chronic)with ascites → K70.11
  • Fibrosis, fibroticliveralcoholic → K70.2
  • Sclerosis, sclerotichepaticalcoholic → K70.2
  • Sclerosis, scleroticliveralcoholic → K70.2
  • Cirrhosis, cirrhotic (hepatic) (liver)Laennec'salcoholic → K70.30
  • Cirrhosis, cirrhotic (hepatic) (liver)liveralcoholic → K70.30
  • Cirrhosis, cirrhotic (hepatic) (liver)macronodularalcoholic → K70.30
  • Cirrhosis, cirrhotic (hepatic) (liver)micronodularalcoholic → K70.30
  • Cirrhosis, cirrhotic (hepatic) (liver)nutritionalalcoholic → K70.30
  • Cirrhosis, cirrhotic (hepatic) (liver)portalalcoholic → K70.30
  • Cirrhosis, cirrhotic (hepatic) (liver)postnecroticalcoholic → K70.30
  • Ascites (abdominal)due tocirrhosis, alcoholic → K70.31
  • Cirrhosis, cirrhotic (hepatic) (liver)alcoholicwith ascites → K70.31
  • Cirrhosis, cirrhotic (hepatic) (liver)Laennec'swith ascites → K70.31
  • Failure, failedhepaticalcoholic (acute) (chronic) (subacute) → K70.40
  • Damageliver (nontraumatic)alcoholic → K70.9
  • Disease, diseasedliver (chronic) (organic)alcoholic (chronic) → K70.9
  • Cirrhosis, cirrhotic (hepatic) (liver)liveralcoholicfatty → K70.0
  • Degeneration, degenerativefattyliver NECalcoholic → K70.0
  • Degeneration, degenerativeliver (diffuse) NECfatty NECalcoholic → K70.0
  • Disease, diseasedliver (chronic) (organic)alcoholic (chronic)fatty liver → K70.0
  • Disease, diseasedliver (chronic) (organic)fatty, nonalcoholic (NAFLD)alcoholic → K70.0
  • Disease, diseasedliver (chronic) (organic)inflammatoryalcoholic → K70.1
  • Disease, diseasedliver (chronic) (organic)alcoholic (chronic)hepatitis → K70.10
  • Ascites (abdominal)due tohepatitisalcoholic → K70.11
  • Disease, diseasedliver (chronic) (organic)alcoholic (chronic)fibrosis → K70.2
  • Disease, diseasedliver (chronic) (organic)alcoholic (chronic)sclerosis → K70.2
  • Sclerosis, scleroticliverwith fibrosisalcoholic → K70.2
  • Disease, diseasedliver (chronic) (organic)alcoholic (chronic)cirrhosis → K70.30
  • Cirrhosis, cirrhotic (hepatic) (liver)Laennec'salcoholicwith ascites → K70.31
  • Cirrhosis, cirrhotic (hepatic) (liver)liveralcoholicwith ascites → K70.31

10 more, longer entries are not listed; the search box finds them by word.

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