K70.0

Alcoholic fatty liver

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30

Exclusions 13 never code together

K70-K77block

Excludes1

jaundice NOS (R17)R17

Excludes2

hemochromatosis (E83.11-)E83.11-
Reye's syndrome (G93.7)G93.7
viral hepatitis (B15-B19)B15-B19
Wilson's disease (E83.01)E83.01

K00-K95chapter

Excludes2

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 2

K70code

Use additional code

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

Index entries leading here 5

Fatty — see also condition
- liver NEC K76.0
  - alcoholic K70.0
Cirrhosis, cirrhotic (hepatic) (liver) K74.60
- liver K74.60
  - alcoholic K70.30
    - fatty K70.0
- fatty K76.0
  - alcoholic K70.0
Degeneration, degenerative
- fatty
  - liver NEC K76.0
    - alcoholic K70.0
- liver (diffuse) NEC K76.89
  - fatty NEC K76.0
    - alcoholic K70.0
Disease, diseased — see also Syndrome
- liver (chronic) (organic) K76.9
  - fatty, nonalcoholic (NAFLD) K76.0
    - alcoholic K70.0
  - alcoholic (chronic) K70.9
    - fatty liver K70.0
Zieve's syndrome K70.0

Alongside this code 5 same parent — K70

K70.1 Alcoholic hepatitis category K70.2 Alcoholic fibrosis and sclerosis of liver K70.3 Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver category K70.4 Alcoholic hepatic failure category K70.9 Alcoholic liver disease, unspecified

Medications 3

5 Fatty Liver drugs 1 Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease drugs 2 Liver Diseases, Alcoholic drugs

MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.

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Risk adjustment

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This code

Billable: yes
Code set: FY2026
Parent: K70
Block: K70-K77
Siblings: 5

Present FY2024–FY2027.