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K72

⚠ Non-billable (Header)

Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified

Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95)

⚠️ This is a category header code — not billable. Use a more specific child code below.

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✅ Includes

  • • fulminant hepatitis NEC, with hepatic failure
  • • liver (cell) necrosis with hepatic failure
  • • malignant hepatitis NEC, with hepatic failure
  • • yellow liver atrophy or dystrophy

📋 Code Instructions

  • • code, if applicable, for ascites (R18.8)

❌ Excludes1

direct

Cannot be coded with K72

  • • alcoholic hepatic failure (K70.4)
  • • hepatic failure with toxic liver disease (K71.1-)
  • • icterus of newborn (P55-P59)
  • • postprocedural hepatic failure (K91.82)

⚠️ Excludes2

direct

May be coded together if both conditions coexist

  • • hepatic failure complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.8)
  • • hepatic failure complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O26.6-)
  • • viral hepatitis with hepatic coma (B15-B19)

Child Codes (3)

K72.0Acute and subacute hepatic failureK72.1Chronic hepatic failureK72.9Hepatic failure, unspecified

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Code Information

CodeK72
BillableNo — Header code
CategoryDiseases of the digestive system (K00-K95)
Excludes14 rule(s)
Excludes23 note(s)
Child codes3

Data Source

CMS ICD-10-CM 2026 Tabular List

Updated October 1, 2025 (FY2026)