571.2 ALCOHOL CIRRHOSIS LIVER


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 571.2

Short Description: Alcohol cirrhosis liver

Long Description: Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the digestive system (520–579)
    • Other diseases of digestive system (570-579)
      • 571 Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis
        • 571.2 Alcohol cirrhosis 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 571.2 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Alcohol, alcoholic
    • cirrhosis (liver) 571.2
    • liver NEC 571.3
      • chronic 571.2
  • Cirrhosis, cirrhotic 571.5
    • with alcoholism 571.2
    • alcoholic (liver) 571.2
    • cardiac 571.5
      • alcoholic 571.2
    • cryptogenic (of liver) 571.5
      • alcoholic 571.2
    • florid 571.2
    • Laennec's (of liver) 571.2
      • nonalcoholic 571.5
    • liver (chronic) (hepatolienal) (hypertrophic) (nodular) (splenomegalic) (unilobar) 571.5
      • with alcoholism 571.2
      • alcoholic 571.2
      • cryptogenic 571.5
        • alcoholic 571.2
      • macronodular 571.5
        • alcoholic 571.2
      • micronodular 571.5
        • alcoholic 571.2
      • nodular, diffuse 571.5
        • alcoholic 571.2
      • portal 571.5
        • alcoholic 571.2
      • postnecrotic 571.5
        • alcoholic 571.2
    • macronodular (of liver) 571.5
      • alcoholic 571.2
    • micronodular (of liver) 571.5
      • alcoholic 571.2
    • portal (of liver) 571.5
      • alcoholic 571.2
    • postnecrotic (of liver) 571.5
      • alcoholic 571.2
  • Laennec's cirrhosis (alcoholic) 571.2
    • nonalcoholic 571.5

Crosswalk Information

The code 571.2 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
571.2 Right Arrow K70.30 Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver without ascites
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
571.0 Alcoholic fatty liver
571.1 Acute alcoholic hepatitis
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


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014