K70.4 Alcoholic hepatic failure

Non-billable header with 2 child codes.

Applicable to

• Acute alcoholic hepatic failure
• Alcoholic hepatic failure NOS
• Chronic alcoholic hepatic failure
• Subacute alcoholic hepatic failure

Applies from K70 Alcoholic liver disease

Use additional code

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

Codes under K70.4

• K70.40 Alcoholic hepatic failure without coma
• K70.41 Alcoholic hepatic failure with coma

Code annotations containing back-references to K70.4

Back-references to K70.4

• Type 1 Excludes: K72 Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified ("alcoholic hepatic failure (K70.4)")

Back-references to K70

• Type 2 Excludes: K71 Toxic liver disease ("alcoholic liver disease (K70.-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: K76 Other diseases of liver ("alcoholic liver disease (K70.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: K77 Liver disorders in diseases classified elsewhere ("alcoholic liver disease (K70.-)")

Nearby codes

• 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 (this code)
• K70.40 Alcoholic hepatic failure without coma
• K70.41 Alcoholic hepatic failure with coma
• K70.9 Alcoholic liver disease, unspecified