K72.10

Chronic hepatic failure without coma

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

Exclusions 20 never code together

K72code

Excludes1

alcoholic hepatic failure (K70.4)K70.4
hepatic failure with toxic liver disease (K71.1-)K71.1-
icterus of newborn (P55-P59)P55-P59
postprocedural hepatic failure (K91.82)K91.82

Excludes2

hepatic failure complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.8)O00-O07 O08.8
hepatic failure complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O26.6-)O26.6-
viral hepatitis with hepatic coma (B15-B19)B15-B19

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 6

K72.1code

Inclusion terms

End stage liver disease

K72code

Includes

fulminant hepatitis NEC, with hepatic failure
liver (cell) necrosis with hepatic failure
malignant hepatitis NEC, with hepatic failure
yellow liver atrophy or dystrophy

Use additional code

code, if applicable, for ascites (R18.8)R18.8

Index entries leading here 3

Atrophy, atrophic (of)
- liver (yellow) K72.90
  - chronic K72.10
Failure, failed
- hepatic K72.90
  - chronic K72.10
  - end stage K72.10
Disease, diseased — see also Syndrome
- liver (chronic) (organic) K76.9
  - end stage K72.1

Alongside this code 1 same parent — K72.1

K72.11 Chronic hepatic failure with coma

Medications 1

29 Kidney Failure, Chronic 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.

Additional references

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Risk adjustment

CMS22HCC27 CMS28HCC63 ESRD21HCC27 ESRD24HCC27

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This code

Billable: yes
Code set: FY2026
Parent: K72.1
Block: K70-K77
Siblings: 1

Present FY2024–FY2027.