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FY2027

K71.6 — Toxic liver disease with hepatitis, not elsewhere classified

BillableUnspecified

Is K71.6 billable?

Yes, but K71.6 is an unspecified code. K71.6 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027. However, K71.6 is an unspecified or catch-all code. Payers apply additional scrutiny to unspecified codes and many deny them when the medical record supports a more specific option, so check the documentation before selecting K71.6 — the more specific alternatives are listed below.

K71.6 at a glance

CodeK71.6
DescriptionToxic liver disease with hepatitis, not elsewhere classified
BillableYes
Code setICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encountersOctober 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

Which MS-DRGs does K71.6 group to?

K71.6 sits in MDC 07 and helps define the logic of 3 MS-DRGs (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.

  • 441Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with MCCmedical
  • 442Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with CCmedical
  • 443Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis without CC/MCCmedical

How is K71.6 listed in the Alphabetic Index?

These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to K71.6. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.

  • Hepatitis › toxic
  • Disease, diseased › liver › toxic › with › hepatitis NEC

Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from K70-K77

The conditions below can never be reported together with K71.6 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.

  • jaundice NOS (R17)

Code first — inherited from K71

The underlying condition below must be sequenced before K71.6. K71.6 describes a manifestation and cannot be the principal or first-listed diagnosis.

  • poisoning due to drug or toxin, if applicable (T36-T65 with fifth or sixth character 1-4)

Use additional code — inherited from K71

Report an additional code alongside K71.6 to fully describe the condition. K71.6 is sequenced first.

  • code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 11

The conditions below are not part of K71.6, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, K71.6 and the excluded code may both be reported.

  • 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)

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from K70-K77

The conditions below are not part of K71.6, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, K71.6 and the excluded code may both be reported.

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from K71

The conditions below are not part of K71.6, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, K71.6 and the excluded code may both be reported.

  • alcoholic liver disease (K70.-)
  • Budd-Chiari syndrome (I82.0)

How long has K71.6 existed?

K71.6 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.

Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.

Which conditions are coded to K71.6?

What other codes are in the K71 family? (9)