Complete ICD-10-CM coding and documentation guide for icd-10 coding for liver disease includes clinical validation requirements, medical necessity guidelines, and coding policies.
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Essential facts and insights about ICD-10 Coding for Liver Disease
Use ICD-10 code K70.0 for alcoholic hepatitis, ensuring proper documentation in clinical notes.
Additional codes that may be used with this diagnosis
Ascites
Use when ascites is documented as a symptom of liver disease.
Unspecified jaundice
Use when jaundice is present without a specified cause.
The ICD-10 code for alcoholic hepatitis is K70.0, used when the condition is confirmed by clinical findings such as AST:ALT ratio >2:1.
Unspecified cirrhosis of the liver is coded as K74.60 when no specific etiology is documented.