K70.11

Alcoholic hepatitis with ascites

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

Exclusions 13 never code together

Excludes1

Excludes2

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

Index entries leading here 3

Ascites (abdominal) R18.8
- due to
  - hepatitis — see also Hepatitis
    - alcoholic K70.11
Hepatitis K75.9
- alcoholic (acute) (chronic) K70.10
  - with ascites K70.11
Disease, diseased — see also Syndrome
- liver (chronic) (organic) K76.9
  - alcoholic (chronic) K70.9
    - hepatitis K70.10
      - with ascites K70.11

Alongside this code 1 same parent — K70.1

Additional references

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Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.

Present FY2024–FY2027.