K70.0
Alcoholic fatty liver
Billable code
This code does not map to a risk-adjusting HCC in the loaded models.
Coding notes
Excludes 1 never coded together · Excludes 2 may co-exist
Inherited from K70Alcoholic liver disease
Use additional
code to identify: alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-)
Inherited from K70-K77Diseases of liver
Inherited from chapter 11Diseases of the digestive system
Excludes 2
certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) neoplasms (C00-D49) symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Official Guidelines for K70.0
FY 2026 ›Find K70.0 in the alphabetic index
8 index paths lead to this code
- Zieve's syndrome
- Cirrhosis, cirrhotic › fatty › alcoholic
- Fatty › liver NEC › alcoholic
- Cirrhosis, cirrhotic › liver › alcoholic › fatty
- Degeneration, degenerative › fatty › liver NEC › alcoholic
- Degeneration, degenerative › liver NEC › fatty NEC › alcoholic
- Disease, diseased › liver › alcoholic › fatty liver
- Disease, diseased › liver › fatty, nonalcoholic › alcoholic