K76.6 Portal hypertension

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis.

Use additional code

• code for any associated complications, such as:
• portal hypertensive gastropathy (K31.89)

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.-)

Risk adjustment (HCC)

• CMS-HCC V28: HCC 63 — Chronic Liver Failure/End-Stage Liver Disorders
• CMS-HCC V22: HCC 27 — End-Stage Liver Disease
• ESRD V24: HCC 27

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 572.3 Portal hypertension

Code annotations containing back-references to K76.6

Back-references to K76.6

• Code Also: I27.21 Secondary pulmonary arterial hypertension ("portal hypertension (K76.6)")

Diagnosis Index entries for K76.6

• Banti's disease or syndrome (with cirrhosis) (with portal hypertension)
• Fibrosis, fibrotic › hepatolienal (portal hypertension)
• Fibrosis, fibrotic › hepatosplenic (portal hypertension)
• Hypertension, hypertensive (accelerated) (benign) (essential) (idiopathic) (malignant) (systemic) › portal (due to chronic liver disease) (idiopathic)
• Increase, increased › venous pressure › portal

Nearby codes

• K76.1 Chronic passive congestion of liver
• 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 (this code)
• K76.7 Hepatorenal syndrome
• K76.8 Other specified diseases of liver
• K76.81 Hepatopulmonary syndrome
• K76.82 Hepatic encephalopathy
• K76.89 Other specified diseases of liver