DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

K71 Toxic liver disease

  • Header · not billable

K71 is not billable. The category heads 12 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 10 subdivisions.

Index → code

  • Flap, liver → K71.3
  • Hepatitistoxic → K71.6
  • Cholestasis NECpure → K71.0

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 11 Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95)
  2. K70-K77 Diseases of liver (K70-K77)
  3. K71 Toxic liver disease
Billable codes
12
Subdivisions
10
CC / MCC codes
0 / 1
HCC V28 codes
5
New FY2027
0
Index entries
33

Codes in K71

  1. K71.0
    Toxic liver disease with cholestasis
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 2

    Inclusion terms

    • Cholestasis with hepatocyte injury
    • 'Pure' cholestasis
  2. K71.1
    Toxic liver disease with hepatic necrosis
    Header
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Hepatic failure (acute) (chronic) due to drugs
  3. K71.10
    Toxic liver disease with hepatic necrosis, without coma
    Billable
  4. K71.11
    Toxic liver disease with hepatic necrosis, with coma
    BillableMCC
  5. K71.2
    Toxic liver disease with acute hepatitis
    Billable
  6. K71.3
    Toxic liver disease with chronic persistent hepatitis
    Billable65
  7. K71.4
    Toxic liver disease with chronic lobular hepatitis
    Billable65
  8. K71.5
    Toxic liver disease with chronic active hepatitis
    Header
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Toxic liver disease with lupoid hepatitis
  9. K71.50
    Toxic liver disease with chronic active hepatitis without ascites
    Billable65
  10. K71.51
    Toxic liver disease with chronic active hepatitis with ascites
    Billable65
  11. K71.6
    Toxic liver disease with hepatitis, not elsewhere classified
    Billable
  12. K71.7
    Toxic liver disease with fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver
    Billable64
  13. K71.8
    Toxic liver disease with other disorders of liver
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 4

    Inclusion terms

    • Toxic liver disease with focal nodular hyperplasia
    • Toxic liver disease with hepatic granulomas
    • Toxic liver disease with peliosis hepatis
    • Toxic liver disease with veno-occlusive disease of liver
  14. K71.9
    Toxic 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 K71

Includes

  • drug-induced idiosyncratic (unpredictable) liver disease
  • drug-induced toxic (predictable) liver disease

Excludes2

  • alcoholic liver disease (K70.-) K70
  • Budd-Chiari syndrome (I82.0) I82.0

Code first

  • poisoning due to drug or toxin, if applicable (T36-T65 with fifth or sixth character 1-4) T36 T65

Use additional code

  • code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5) T36 T50

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

  • Flap, liver → K71.3
  • Cholestasis NECwith hepatocyte injury → K71.0
  • Cholestasis NECpure → K71.0
  • Asterixisin liver disease → K71.3
  • Hepatitistoxic → K71.6
  • Failure, failedhepaticdue to drugs (acute) (subacute) (chronic) → K71.10
  • Peliosis (rheumatica)hepatiswith toxic liver disease → K71.8
  • Degeneration, degenerativeliver (diffuse) NECtoxic (acute) → K71.9
  • Disease, diseasedhepatobiliarytoxic → K71.9
  • Disease, diseasedliver (chronic) (organic)toxic → K71.9
  • Failure, failedhepaticacute or subacutedue to drugs → K71.10
  • Failure, failedhepaticchronicdue to drugs (acute) (subacute) (chronic) → K71.10
  • Failure, failedhepaticdue to drugs (acute) (subacute) (chronic)with coma → K71.11
  • Disease, diseasedliver (chronic) (organic)toxicwithcholestasis → K71.0
  • Disease, diseasedliver (chronic) (organic)toxicwithhepatic necrosis → K71.10
  • Failure, failedhepaticacute or subacutedue to drugswith coma → K71.11
  • Failure, failedhepaticchronicdue to drugs (acute) (subacute) (chronic)with coma → K71.11
  • Ascites (abdominal)due tohepatitischronic activewith toxic liver disease → K71.51
  • Disease, diseasedliver (chronic) (organic)toxicwithhepatitis NEC → K71.6
  • Disease, diseasedliver (chronic) (organic)toxicwithcirrhosis (liver) → K71.7
  • Disease, diseasedliver (chronic) (organic)toxicwithfibrosis (liver) → K71.7
  • Disease, diseasedliver (chronic) (organic)toxicwithfocal nodular hyperplasia → K71.8
  • Disease, diseasedliver (chronic) (organic)toxicwithhepatic granuloma → K71.8
  • Disease, diseasedliver (chronic) (organic)toxicwithpeliosis hepatis → K71.8
  • Disease, diseasedliver (chronic) (organic)toxicwithveno-occlusive disease (VOD) of liver → K71.8
  • Disease, diseasedliver (chronic) (organic)toxicwithhepatic necrosiswith coma → K71.11
  • Disease, diseasedliver (chronic) (organic)toxicwithhepatitis NECacute → K71.2
  • Disease, diseasedliver (chronic) (organic)toxicwithhepatitis NEClupoid → K71.50
  • Disease, diseasedliver (chronic) (organic)toxicwithhepatitis NECchronicpersistent → K71.3
  • Disease, diseasedliver (chronic) (organic)toxicwithhepatitis NECchroniclobular → K71.4
  • Disease, diseasedliver (chronic) (organic)toxicwithhepatitis NECchronicactive → K71.50
  • Disease, diseasedliver (chronic) (organic)toxicwithhepatitis NEClupoidwith ascites → K71.51
  • Disease, diseasedliver (chronic) (organic)toxicwithhepatitis NECchronicactivewith ascites → K71.51

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