K72
Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified
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Coding notes
Excludes 1 never coded together · Excludes 2 may co-exist
fulminant hepatitis NEC, with hepatic failure liver (cell) necrosis with hepatic failure malignant hepatitis NEC, with hepatic failure yellow liver atrophy or dystrophy
alcoholic hepatic failure (K70.4) hepatic failure with toxic liver disease (K71.1-) icterus of newborn (P55-P59) postprocedural hepatic failure (K91.82)
hepatic failure complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.8) hepatic failure complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O26.6-) viral hepatitis with hepatic coma (B15-B19)
code, if applicable, for ascites (R18.8)
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)