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K72.01

Acute and subacute hepatic failure with coma

Release
FY 2027
Effective
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Hierarchy

Where K72.01 sits in the official hierarchy. Each level is the code it is classified under.

  1. K72 Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified
  2. K72.0 Parent Acute and subacute hepatic failure
  3. K72.01 This code Acute and subacute hepatic failure with coma

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

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

Excludes1

postprocedural hepatic failure ( K91.82 )

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

Use Additional Code

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

Inherited from K72 — Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified

Version History

How K72.01 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.

  1. FY 2027 Effective

    Current

    Acute and subacute hepatic failure with coma

  2. FY 2026 Effective

    Unchanged

    Acute and subacute hepatic failure with coma

Related Codes

Other codes under K72.0

Codes whose official notes reference K72.01

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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