Excludes1

  • jaundice NOS (R17)

Excludes2

  1. K70 Alcoholic liver disease

    Use additional code to identify:
    alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-)

    1. K70.0 Alcoholic fatty liver

    2. K70.1 Alcoholic hepatitis

      1. K70.10 Alcoholic hepatitis without ascites

      2. K70.11 Alcoholic hepatitis with ascites

    3. K70.2 Alcoholic fibrosis and sclerosis of liver

    4. K70.3 Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Alcoholic cirrhosis NOS
      1. K70.30 Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver without ascites

      2. K70.31 Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver with ascites

    5. K70.4 Alcoholic hepatic failure

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Acute alcoholic hepatic failure
      • Alcoholic hepatic failure NOS
      • Chronic alcoholic hepatic failure
      • Subacute alcoholic hepatic failure
      1. K70.40 Alcoholic hepatic failure without coma

      2. K70.41 Alcoholic hepatic failure with coma

    6. K70.9 Alcoholic liver disease, unspecified

Abbreviations used here:

NEC Not elsewhere classifiable
This abbreviation in the Tabular List represents “other specified”. When a specific code is not available for a condition, the Tabular List includes an NEC entry under a code to identify the code as the “other specified” code.

NOS Not otherwise specified
This abbreviation is the equivalent of unspecified.