571.0 ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 571.0

Short Description: Alcoholic fatty liver

Long Description: Alcoholic fatty liver

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the digestive system (520–579)
    • Other diseases of digestive system (570-579)
      • 571 Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis
        • 571.0 Alcoholic fatty liver

This code is valid for adult diagnoses (age 15 through 124)

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 571.0 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Cirrhosis, cirrhotic 571.5
    • fatty 571.8
      • alcoholic 571.0
    • liver (chronic) (hepatolienal) (hypertrophic) (nodular) (splenomegalic) (unilobar) 571.5
      • fatty 571.8
        • alcoholic 571.0
  • Degeneration, degenerative
    • fatty (diffuse) (general) 272.8
      • liver 571.8
        • alcoholic 571.0
    • liver (diffuse) 572.8
      • fatty 571.8
        • alcoholic 571.0
  • Fatty - see also condition
    • liver 571.8
      • alcoholic 571.0

Crosswalk Information

The code 571.0 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
571.0 Right Arrow K70.0 Alcoholic fatty liver
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 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-9 Code ICD-9 Description
571.1 Acute alcoholic hepatitis
571.2 Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver
571.3 Alcoholic liver damage, unspecified
571.40 Chronic hepatitis, unspecified
571.41 Chronic persistent hepatitis
571.42 Autoimmune hepatitis
571.49 Other chronic hepatitis
571.5 Cirrhosis of liver without mention of alcohol
571.6 Biliary cirrhosis
571.8 Other chronic nonalcoholic liver disease
571.9 Unspecified chronic liver disease without mention of alcohol


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