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Diagnosis Code

K70.9 ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE, UNSPECIFIED


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: K70.9

Short Description: Alcoholic liver disease, unspecified

Long Description: Alcoholic liver disease, unspecified

The code K70.9 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the digestive system (K00–K95)
    • Diseases of liver (K70-K77)
      • Alcoholic liver disease (K70)
        • K70.9 Alcoholic liver disease, unspecified

This code is valid for adult diagnoses

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Alcoholic liver damage
  • Bleeding esophageal varices
  • Bleeding esophageal varices due to alcoholic liver disease
  • Chronic alcoholic liver disease
  • Esophageal varices associated with another disorder

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code K70.9 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)
  • Cirrhosis And Alcoholic Hepatitis With Mcc (432)
  • Cirrhosis And Alcoholic Hepatitis With Cc (433)
  • Cirrhosis And Alcoholic Hepatitis Without Cc/mcc (434)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
K70.9 Right Arrow 571.3 Alcohol liver damage NOS

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
K70 Alcoholic liver disease
K70.0 Alcoholic fatty liver
K70.1 Alcoholic hepatitis
K70.10 Alcoholic hepatitis without ascites
K70.11 Alcoholic hepatitis with ascites
K70.2 Alcoholic fibrosis and sclerosis of liver
K70.3 Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver
K70.30 Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver without ascites
K70.31 Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver with ascites
K70.4 Alcoholic hepatic failure
K70.40 Alcoholic hepatic failure without coma
K70.41 Alcoholic hepatic failure with coma

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

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