K76.6

Portal hypertension

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

Exclusions 21 never code together

K76code

Excludes2

alcoholic liver disease (K70.-)K70.-
amyloid degeneration of liver (E85.-)E85.-
cystic disease of liver (congenital) (Q44.6)Q44.6
hepatic vein thrombosis (I82.0)I82.0
hepatomegaly NOS (R16.0)R16.0
pigmentary cirrhosis (of liver) (E83.110)E83.110
portal vein thrombosis (I81)I81
toxic liver disease (K71.-)K71.-

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

K76.6code

Use additional code

code for any associated complications, such as:
portal hypertensive gastropathy (K31.89)K31.89 K31.89

Index entries leading here 4

Banti's disease or syndrome (with cirrhosis) (with portal hypertension) K76.6
Fibrosis, fibrotic
- hepatolienal (portal hypertension) K76.6
- hepatosplenic (portal hypertension) K76.6
Hypertension, hypertensive (accelerated) (benign) (essential) (idiopathic) (malignant) (systemic) I10
- portal (due to chronic liver disease) (idiopathic) K76.6
Increase, increased
- venous pressure I87.8
  - portal K76.6

Alongside this code 9 same parent — K76

K76.0 Fatty (change of) liver, not elsewhere classified K76.1 Chronic passive congestion of liver K76.2 Central hemorrhagic necrosis of liver K76.3 Infarction of liver K76.4 Peliosis hepatis K76.5 Hepatic veno-occlusive disease K76.7 Hepatorenal syndrome K76.8 Other specified diseases of liver category K76.9 Liver disease, unspecified

Medications 1

9 Hypertension, Portal 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: K76
Block: K70-K77
Siblings: 9

Present FY2024–FY2027.