K74.5

Biliary cirrhosis, unspecified

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

This is the unspecified option. 6 more specific codes sit alongside it. Worth checking whether the documentation supports one of them.

Exclusions 19 never code together

K74code

Excludes1

alcoholic cirrhosis (of liver) (K70.3)K70.3
alcoholic fibrosis of liver (K70.2)K70.2
cardiac sclerosis of liver (K76.1)K76.1
cirrhosis (of liver) with toxic liver disease (K71.7)K71.7
congenital cirrhosis (of liver) (P78.81)P78.81
pigmentary cirrhosis (of liver) (E83.110)E83.110

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 1

K74code

Code also

, if applicable, viral hepatitis (acute) (chronic) (B15-B19)B15-B19

Index entries leading here 1

Cirrhosis, cirrhotic (hepatic) (liver) K74.60
- biliary (cholangiolitic) (cholangitic) (hypertrophic) (obstructive) (pericholangiolitic) K74.5
- xanthomatous (biliary) K74.5

Alongside this code 6 same parent — K74

K74.0 Hepatic fibrosis category K74.1 Hepatic sclerosis K74.2 Hepatic fibrosis with hepatic sclerosis K74.3 Primary biliary cirrhosis K74.4 Secondary biliary cirrhosis K74.6 Other and unspecified cirrhosis of liver category

Medications 1

13 Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary 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

CMS22HCC28 CMS28HCC68 ESRD21HCC28 ESRD24HCC28

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This code

Billable: yes
Code set: FY2026
Parent: K74
Block: K70-K77
Siblings: 6

Present FY2024–FY2027.