ICD-10 · PDGM grouping

K70-K77 — Diseases of liver

Every ICD-10-CM code in this range and the PDGM clinical group CMS assigns to it, read from the CMS grouper crosswalk v07.1.26.

OASIS-E2 v1.00.0 · ingested 2026-04-26

Codes in range

No clinical group

A period cannot be grouped from these.

Barred as primary

CMS rejects these in the primary position.

Where these codes group

49 of the 63 codes in K70-K77 group to MMTA - Gastrointestinal tract and Genitourinary system, but the range is not uniform — it spreads across 3 clinical groups. A further 6 are assigned no clinical group at all, which means a 30-day period cannot be grouped from them.

Every code in K70-K77

Descriptions are CMS’s own, abbreviated as CMS abbreviates them.

Code	Description	Clinical group	Primary position
K700	Alcoholic fatty liver	J	Accepted
K7010	Alcoholic hepatitis without ascites	J	Accepted
K7011	Alcoholic hepatitis with ascites	J	Accepted
K702	Alcoholic fibrosis and sclerosis of liver	J	Accepted
K7030	Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver without ascites	J	Accepted
K7031	Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver with ascites	J	Accepted
K7040	Alcoholic hepatic failure without coma	J	Accepted
K7041	Alcoholic hepatic failure with coma	J	Accepted
K709	Alcoholic liver disease, unspecified	J	Accepted
K710	Toxic liver disease with cholestasis	J	Accepted
K7110	Toxic liver disease with hepatic necrosis, without coma	J	Accepted
K7111	Toxic liver disease with hepatic necrosis, with coma	A	Accepted
K712	Toxic liver disease with acute hepatitis	J	Accepted
K713	Toxic liver disease with chronic persistent hepatitis	J	Accepted
K714	Toxic liver disease with chronic lobular hepatitis	A	Accepted
K7150	Toxic liver disease w chronic active hepatitis w/o ascites	J	Accepted
K7151	Toxic liver disease w chronic active hepatitis with ascites	J	Accepted
K716	Toxic liver disease with hepatitis, not elsewhere classified	J	Accepted
K717	Toxic liver disease with fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver	J	Accepted
K718	Toxic liver disease with other disorders of liver	J	Accepted
K719	Toxic liver disease, unspecified	None	Cannot group
K7200	Acute and subacute hepatic failure without coma	J	Accepted
K7201	Acute and subacute hepatic failure with coma	J	Accepted
K7210	Chronic hepatic failure without coma	J	Accepted
K7211	Chronic hepatic failure with coma	J	Accepted
K7290	Hepatic failure, unspecified without coma	J	Accepted
K7291	Hepatic failure, unspecified with coma	J	Accepted
K730	Chronic persistent hepatitis, not elsewhere classified	J	Accepted
K731	Chronic lobular hepatitis, not elsewhere classified	J	Accepted
K732	Chronic active hepatitis, not elsewhere classified	J	Accepted
K738	Other chronic hepatitis, not elsewhere classified	J	Accepted
K739	Chronic hepatitis, unspecified	J	Accepted
K7400	Hepatic fibrosis, unspecified	None	Cannot group
K7401	Hepatic fibrosis, early fibrosis	None	Cannot group
K7402	Hepatic fibrosis, advanced fibrosis	None	Cannot group
K741	Hepatic sclerosis	J	Accepted
K742	Hepatic fibrosis with hepatic sclerosis	J	Accepted
K743	Primary biliary cirrhosis	J	Accepted
K744	Secondary biliary cirrhosis	J	Accepted
K745	Biliary cirrhosis, unspecified	J	Accepted
K7460	Unspecified cirrhosis of liver	J	Accepted
K7469	Other cirrhosis of liver	J	Accepted
K750	Abscess of liver	J	Accepted
K751	Phlebitis of portal vein	A	Accepted
K752	Nonspecific reactive hepatitis	A	Accepted
K753	Granulomatous hepatitis, not elsewhere classified	J	Accepted
K754	Autoimmune hepatitis	J	Accepted
K7581	Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)	J	Accepted
K7589	Other specified inflammatory liver diseases	J	Accepted
K759	Inflammatory liver disease, unspecified	J	Accepted
K760	Fatty (change of) liver, not elsewhere classified	J	Accepted
K761	Chronic passive congestion of liver	J	Accepted
K762	Central hemorrhagic necrosis of liver	A	Accepted
K763	Infarction of liver	J	Accepted
K764	Peliosis hepatis	A	Accepted
K765	Hepatic veno-occlusive disease	A	Accepted
K766	Portal hypertension	J	Accepted
K767	Hepatorenal syndrome	J	Accepted
K7681	Hepatopulmonary syndrome	J	Accepted
K7682	Hepatic encephalopathy	B	Accepted
K7689	Other specified diseases of liver	J	Accepted
K769	Liver disease, unspecified	None	Cannot group
K77	Liver disorders in diseases classified elsewhere	None	Cannot group

Source: CMS HH PPS Grouper Software v07.1.26, effective 2026-04-01. This is the crosswalk Medicare runs a claim through. Grouping also depends on admission source, timing, the OASIS functional items and the rest of the diagnosis list.

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K70-K77 — Diseases of liver

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