K74.0
Hepatic fibrosis
K74.0 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for hepatic fibrosis. 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 K74.00 Hepatic fibrosis, unspecified; K74.01 Hepatic fibrosis, early fibrosis; K74.0A Hepatic fibrosis, moderate fibrosis and K74.02 Hepatic fibrosis, advanced fibrosis. Its coding notes include a Code first instruction, a Code also instruction, 7 Excludes1 entries and 12 Excludes2 entries.
Code first
If the underlying condition listed here is present and known, sequence it first.
- underlying liver disease, such as:
- nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) (K75.81)
Code also
Two codes may be needed to describe the condition. This note gives no sequencing order.
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Also from chapter/block level (12 notes)
- 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)