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ICD-10-CM Current in FY 2027

K72

Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified

Release
FY 2027
Effective
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Official Coding Notes

Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files.

Includes

fulminant hepatitis NEC, with hepatic failure

Includes

liver (cell) necrosis with hepatic failure

Includes

malignant hepatitis NEC, with hepatic failure

Includes

yellow liver atrophy or dystrophy

Excludes1

alcoholic hepatic failure ( K70.4 )

Excludes1

hepatic failure with toxic liver disease ( K71.1- )

Excludes1

icterus of newborn (P55-P59)

Excludes1

postprocedural hepatic failure ( K91.82 )

Excludes2

hepatic failure complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.8 )

Excludes2

hepatic failure complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium ( O26.6- )

Excludes2

viral hepatitis with hepatic coma (B15-B19)

Use Additional Code

code, if applicable, for ascites ( R18.8 )

More Specific Codes

3 codes under K72

Version History

How K72 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.

  1. FY 2027 Effective

    Current

    Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified

  2. FY 2026 Effective

    Unchanged

    Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified

Related Codes

Codes whose official notes reference K72

Data Source

Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.

Release
FY 2027
Effective
Source file
icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip

Official ICD-10-CM source files (opens in a new tab)

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