571.6 BILIARY CIRRHOSIS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 571.6

Short Description: Biliary cirrhosis

Long Description: Biliary cirrhosis

Code Classification:

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

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 571.6 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Cholangitis (acute) (ascending) (catarrhal) (chronic) (infective) (malignant) (primary) (recurrent) (sclerosing) (secondary) (stenosing) (suppurative) 576.1
    • chronic nonsuppurative destructive 571.6
    • nonsuppurative destructive (chronic) 571.6
  • Cirrhosis, cirrhotic 571.5
    • biliary (cholangiolitic) (cholangitic) (cholestatic) (extrahepatic) (hypertrophic) (intrahepatic) (nonobstructive) (obstructive) (pericholangiolitic) (posthepatic) (primary) (secondary) (xanthomatous) 571.6
      • due to
        • clonorchiasis 121.1
        • flukes 121.3
    • Charc�t's 571.6
    • Todd's (see also Cirrhosis, biliary) 571.6
    • xanthomatous (biliary) (see also Cirrhosis, biliary) 571.6
      • due to xanthomatosis (familial) (metabolic) (primary) 272.2

Crosswalk Information

The code 571.6 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
571.6 Right Arrow K74.3 Primary biliary cirrhosis
K74.4 Secondary biliary cirrhosis
K74.5 Biliary cirrhosis, unspecified
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
571.2 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
571.8 Other chronic nonalcoholic liver disease
571.9 Unspecified chronic liver disease without mention of alcohol


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