Reserved for future guideline expansion
K71.1
Toxic liver disease with hepatic necrosis
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 15 never code together
K70-K77block
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 5
K71.1code
Inclusion terms
- Hepatic failure (acute) (chronic) due to drugs
K71code
Includes
- drug-induced idiosyncratic (unpredictable) liver disease
- drug-induced toxic (predictable) liver disease
Code first
- poisoning due to drug or toxin, if applicable (T36-T65 with fifth or sixth character 1-4)T36-T65
Use additional code
- code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)T36-T50
Official Guidelines 1 names this code
ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, quoted in full. Published by CMS and NCHS; in the public domain.
Index entries leading here filed at null
No alphabetic index entry points at this code.
Alongside this code 9 same parent — K71
K71.0 Toxic liver disease with cholestasis K71.2 Toxic liver disease with acute hepatitis K71.3 Toxic liver disease with chronic persistent hepatitis K71.4 Toxic liver disease with chronic lobular hepatitis K71.5 Toxic liver disease with chronic active hepatitis category K71.6 Toxic liver disease with hepatitis, not elsewhere classified K71.7 Toxic liver disease with fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver K71.8 Toxic liver disease with other disorders of liver K71.9 Toxic liver disease, unspecified
Subordinate codes 2
Additional references
AHA Coding Clinic® Licence required
Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.