K76.9
Liver disease, unspecified
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 9 more
specific codes sit alongside it. Worth
checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
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
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
No further instructional notes apply.
Index entries leading here 4
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 K76.6 Portal hypertension K76.7 Hepatorenal syndrome K76.8 Other specified diseases of liver category
Additional references
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