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FY2027

K76.9 — Liver disease, unspecified

BillableUnspecified

Is K76.9 billable?

Yes, but K76.9 is an unspecified code. K76.9 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027. However, K76.9 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 K76.9 — the more specific alternatives are listed below.

K76.9 at a glance

CodeK76.9
DescriptionLiver disease, unspecified
BillableYes
Code setICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encountersOctober 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

Which MS-DRGs does K76.9 group to?

K76.9 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 K76.9 listed in the Alphabetic Index?

These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to K76.9. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.

  • Damage › liver
  • Disease, diseased › liver
  • Disorder › liver (of)
  • Lesion › liver (s) (nontraumatic)

Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from K70-K77

The conditions below can never be reported together with K76.9 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)

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 11

The conditions below are not part of K76.9, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, K76.9 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 K76.9, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, K76.9 and the excluded code may both be reported.

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from K76

The conditions below are not part of K76.9, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, K76.9 and the excluded code may both be reported.

  • alcoholic liver disease (K70.-)
  • amyloid degeneration of liver (E85.-)
  • cystic disease of liver (congenital) (Q44.6)
  • hepatic vein thrombosis (I82.0)
  • hepatomegaly NOS (R16.0)
  • pigmentary cirrhosis (of liver) (E83.110)
  • portal vein thrombosis (I81)
  • toxic liver disease (K71.-)

How long has K76.9 existed?

K76.9 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.

What other codes are in the K76 family? (9)