Diagnosis Code

K72.00 ACUTE AND SUBACUTE HEPATIC FAILURE WITHOUT COMA


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: K72.00

Short Description: Acute and subacute hepatic failure without coma

Long Description: Acute and subacute hepatic failure without coma

The code K72.00 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the digestive system (K00–K95)
    • Diseases of liver (K70-K77)
      • Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified (K72)
        • K72.00 Acute and subacute hepatic failure without coma

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Acute and subacute liver necrosis
  • Acute hepatic failure
  • Acute hepatic failure
  • Acute hepatic failure
  • Acute hepatic failure
  • Acute infantile liver failure due to synthesis defect of mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid encoded protein
  • Acute infantile liver failure with multisystemic involvement syndrome
  • Acute infantile liver failure, cerebellar ataxia, peripheral sensory motor neuropathy syndrome
  • Acute multi-acinar necrosis of liver
  • Acute necrosis of liver
  • Acute necrosis of liver
  • Acute red atrophy of liver
  • Atrophy of liver
  • Failed attempted termination of pregnancy complicated by acute necrosis of liver
  • Fever-associated acute infantile liver failure syndrome
  • Parenchymatous degeneration of liver
  • Subacute hepatic failure
  • Subacute hepatic failure
  • Subacute hepatic failure caused by hepatitis virus
  • Subacute hepatic necrosis
  • Subfulminant hepatic failure

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code K72.00 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)
  • Disorders Of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis Or Alcoholic Hepatitis With Mcc (441)
  • Disorders Of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis Or Alcoholic Hepatitis With Cc (442)
  • Disorders Of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis Or Alcoholic Hepatitis Without Cc/mcc (443)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
K72.00 Right Arrow 570 Acute necrosis of liver

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
K72 Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified
K72.0 Acute and subacute hepatic failure
K72.01 Acute and subacute hepatic failure with coma
K72.1 Chronic hepatic failure
K72.10 Chronic hepatic failure without coma
K72.11 Chronic hepatic failure with coma
K72.9 Hepatic failure, unspecified
K72.90 Hepatic failure, unspecified without coma
K72.91 Hepatic failure, unspecified with coma


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023