`K70.40` Alcoholic hepatic failure without coma

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applies from K70 Alcoholic liver disease

Use additional code

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

Applies from K70.4 Alcoholic hepatic failure

Applicable to

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

Risk adjustment (HCC)

CMS-HCC V28: HCC 63 — Chronic Liver Failure/End-Stage Liver Disorders
CMS-HCC V22: HCC 28 — Cirrhosis of Liver
ESRD V24: HCC 28

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 432-434 in MDC 07.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

571.3 Alcoholic liver damage, unspecified (approximate)

Medicare Code Edits (MCE v43.1 (April 2026))

Adult diagnoses (age 15 through 124): Age conflict edit. These diagnoses are clinically expected only in patients age 15 through 124.

Code annotations containing back-references to K70.40

Back-references to K70.40

Code Also: K76.82 Hepatic encephalopathy ("alcoholic hepatic failure without coma (K70.40)")

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.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for K70.40

Disease, diseased › liver (chronic) (organic) › alcoholic (chronic) › failure
Failure, failed › hepatic › alcoholic (acute) (chronic) (subacute)

Nearby codes

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 (this code)
K70.41 Alcoholic hepatic failure with coma
K70.9 Alcoholic liver disease, unspecified