K70.40

Alcoholic hepatic failure without coma

Risk-adjusting (HCC)Billable code

HCC risk adjustment mapping

CMS-HCC V28

HCC63

Chronic Liver Failure/End-Stage Liver Disorders

CMS-HCC ESRD V24

HCC28

Cirrhosis of Liver

Coding notes

Excludes 1 never coded together · Excludes 2 may co-exist

Inherited from K70.4Alcoholic hepatic failure

Synonyms

Acute alcoholic hepatic failure Alcoholic hepatic failure NOS Chronic alcoholic hepatic failure Subacute alcoholic hepatic failure

Inherited from K70Alcoholic liver disease

Use additional

code to identify: alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-)

Inherited from K70-K77Diseases of liver

Excludes 1

jaundice NOS (R17)

Excludes 2

hemochromatosis (E83.11-) Reye's syndrome (G93.7) viral hepatitis (B15-B19) Wilson's disease (E83.01)

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 K70.40

FY 2026 ›

I.C.11Chapter-specific guidanceChapter 11: Diseases of the Digestive System (K00-K95)

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