K74
Fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver
Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.
K74 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code category for fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are K74.0 Hepatic fibrosis, K74.1 Hepatic sclerosis, K74.2 Hepatic fibrosis with hepatic sclerosis, K74.3 Primary biliary cirrhosis and 3 more. Its coding notes include a Code also instruction, 7 Excludes1 entries and 12 Excludes2 entries.
Code also
Two codes may be needed to describe the condition. This note gives no sequencing order.
This code
- , if applicable, viral hepatitis (acute) (chronic) (B15-B19)
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
This code
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Also from chapter/block level (12 notes)
Inherited from K70–K77 Diseases of liver
Inherited from Chapter 11 Diseases of the digestive system
- 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)