K76.1 Chronic passive congestion of liver

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Cardiac cirrhosis
• Cardiac sclerosis

Applies from K76 Other diseases of liver

Excludes2 (not included here)

• alcoholic liver disease (K70.-)
• amyloid degeneration of liver (E85.-)
• cystic disease of liver (congenital) (Q44.6)
• hepatic vein thrombosis (I82.0)
• hepatomegaly NOS (R16.0)
• pigmentary cirrhosis (of liver) (E83.110)
• portal vein thrombosis (I81)
• toxic liver disease (K71.-)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 441-443 in MDC 07.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 573.0 Chronic passive congestion of liver
• 573.8 Other specified disorders of liver (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to K76.1

Back-references to K76.1

• Type 1 Excludes: K74 Fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver ("cardiac sclerosis of liver (K76.1)")

Diagnosis Index entries for K76.1

• Cirrhosis, cirrhotic (hepatic) (liver) › cardiac (of liver)
• Cirrhosis, cirrhotic (hepatic) (liver) › congestive
• Cirrhosis, cirrhotic (hepatic) (liver) › stasis
• Congestion, congestive › hepatic
• Congestion, congestive › liver
• Nutmeg liver
• Sclerosis, sclerotic › liver › cardiac
• Stasis › liver (cirrhotic)

Nearby codes

• K76 Other diseases of liver
• K76.0 Fatty (change of) liver, not elsewhere classified
• K76.1 Chronic passive congestion of liver (this code)
• K76.2 Central hemorrhagic necrosis of liver
• K76.3 Infarction of liver
• K76.4 Peliosis hepatis
• K76.5 Hepatic veno-occlusive disease
• K76.6 Portal hypertension