K72.0
Acute and subacute hepatic failure
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
Hierarchy
Where K72.0 sits in the official hierarchy. Each level is the code it is classified under.
- K72 Parent Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified
- K72.0 This code Acute and subacute hepatic failure
Official Coding Notes
Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files. Notes labelled as inherited are declared on a parent code and apply here too.
Includes
fulminant hepatitis NEC, with hepatic failure
Inherited from K72 — Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified
Includes
liver (cell) necrosis with hepatic failure
Inherited from K72 — Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified
Includes
malignant hepatitis NEC, with hepatic failure
Inherited from K72 — Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified
Includes
yellow liver atrophy or dystrophy
Inherited from K72 — Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified
Inclusion Terms
Acute non-viral hepatitis NOS
Excludes1
alcoholic hepatic failure ( K70.4 )
Inherited from K72 — Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified
Excludes1
hepatic failure with toxic liver disease ( K71.1- )
Inherited from K72 — Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified
Excludes1
icterus of newborn (P55-P59)
Inherited from K72 — Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified
Excludes2
hepatic failure complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.8 )
Inherited from K72 — Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified
Excludes2
hepatic failure complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium ( O26.6- )
Inherited from K72 — Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified
Excludes2
viral hepatitis with hepatic coma (B15-B19)
Inherited from K72 — Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified
More Specific Codes
2 codes under K72.0
Version History
How K72.0 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.
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FY 2027 Effective
CurrentAcute and subacute hepatic failure
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FY 2026 Effective
UnchangedAcute and subacute hepatic failure
Related Codes
Other codes under K72
Codes whose official notes reference K72.0
- K75.0 Abscess of liver Billable
- K75.2 Nonspecific reactive hepatitis Billable
- K75.3 Granulomatous hepatitis, not elsewhere classified Billable
- K75.9 Inflammatory liver disease, unspecified Billable
- M35.81 Multisystem inflammatory syndrome Billable
- R65.11 Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) of non-infectious origin with acute organ dysfunction Billable
- R65.2 Severe sepsis
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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