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 v07.2.26.
ICD-10-CM FY2027 · CMS grouper v07.2.26
Codes in range
65
No clinical group
7
A period cannot be grouped from these.
Barred as primary
0
CMS rejects these in the primary position.
Where these codes group
50 of the 65 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 7 are assigned no clinical group at all, which means a 30-day period cannot be grouped from them.
Code families in K70-K77
One page per three-character family: every code in it, whether it can lead a claim, its clinical group and comorbidity subgroup.
- K70Alcoholic liver disease9 codes
- K71Toxic liver disease12 codes
- K72Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified6 codes
- K73Chronic hepatitis, not elsewhere classified5 codes
- K74Fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver11 codes
- K75Other inflammatory liver diseases8 codes
- K76Other diseases of liver13 codes
- K77Liver disorders in diseases classified elsewhere1 code
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 | Can lead a claim |
| K7010 | Alcoholic hepatitis without ascites | J | Can lead a claim |
| K7011 | Alcoholic hepatitis with ascites | J | Can lead a claim |
| K702 | Alcoholic fibrosis and sclerosis of liver | J | Can lead a claim |
| K7030 | Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver without ascites | J | Can lead a claim |
| K7031 | Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver with ascites | J | Can lead a claim |
| K7040 | Alcoholic hepatic failure without coma | J | Can lead a claim |
| K7041 | Alcoholic hepatic failure with coma | J | Can lead a claim |
| K709 | Alcoholic liver disease, unspecified | J | Can lead a claim |
| K710 | Toxic liver disease with cholestasis | J | Can lead a claim, code first applies |
| K7110 | Toxic liver disease with hepatic necrosis, without coma | J | Can lead a claim, code first applies |
| K7111 | Toxic liver disease with hepatic necrosis, with coma | A | Can lead a claim, code first applies |
| K712 | Toxic liver disease with acute hepatitis | J | Can lead a claim, code first applies |
| K713 | Toxic liver disease with chronic persistent hepatitis | J | Can lead a claim, code first applies |
| K714 | Toxic liver disease with chronic lobular hepatitis | A | Can lead a claim, code first applies |
| K7150 | Toxic liver disease w chronic active hepatitis w/o ascites | J | Can lead a claim, code first applies |
| K7151 | Toxic liver disease w chronic active hepatitis with ascites | J | Can lead a claim, code first applies |
| K716 | Toxic liver disease with hepatitis, not elsewhere classified | J | Can lead a claim, code first applies |
| K717 | Toxic liver disease with fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver | J | Can lead a claim, code first applies |
| K718 | Toxic liver disease with other disorders of liver | J | Can lead a claim, code first applies |
| K719 | Toxic liver disease, unspecified | None | Cannot lead a claim |
| K7200 | Acute and subacute hepatic failure without coma | J | Can lead a claim |
| K7201 | Acute and subacute hepatic failure with coma | J | Can lead a claim |
| K7210 | Chronic hepatic failure without coma | J | Can lead a claim |
| K7211 | Chronic hepatic failure with coma | J | Can lead a claim |
| K7290 | Hepatic failure, unspecified without coma | J | Can lead a claim |
| K7291 | Hepatic failure, unspecified with coma | J | Can lead a claim |
| K730 | Chronic persistent hepatitis, not elsewhere classified | J | Can lead a claim |
| K731 | Chronic lobular hepatitis, not elsewhere classified | J | Can lead a claim |
| K732 | Chronic active hepatitis, not elsewhere classified | J | Can lead a claim |
| K738 | Other chronic hepatitis, not elsewhere classified | J | Can lead a claim |
| K739 | Chronic hepatitis, unspecified | J | Can lead a claim |
| K7400 | Hepatic fibrosis, unspecified | None | Cannot lead a claim |
| K7401 | Hepatic fibrosis, early fibrosis | None | Cannot lead a claim |
| K7402 | Hepatic fibrosis, advanced fibrosis | None | Cannot lead a claim |
| K740A | Hepatic fibrosis, moderate fibrosis | None | Cannot lead a claim |
| K741 | Hepatic sclerosis | J | Can lead a claim |
| K742 | Hepatic fibrosis with hepatic sclerosis | J | Can lead a claim |
| K743 | Primary biliary cirrhosis | J | Can lead a claim |
| K744 | Secondary biliary cirrhosis | J | Can lead a claim |
| K745 | Biliary cirrhosis, unspecified | J | Can lead a claim |
| K7460 | Unspecified cirrhosis of liver | J | Can lead a claim |
| K7469 | Other cirrhosis of liver | J | Can lead a claim |
| K750 | Abscess of liver | J | Can lead a claim |
| K751 | Phlebitis of portal vein | A | Can lead a claim |
| K752 | Nonspecific reactive hepatitis | A | Can lead a claim |
| K753 | Granulomatous hepatitis, not elsewhere classified | J | Can lead a claim |
| K754 | Autoimmune hepatitis | J | Can lead a claim |
| K7581 | Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) | J | Can lead a claim |
| K7589 | Other specified inflammatory liver diseases | J | Can lead a claim |
| K759 | Inflammatory liver disease, unspecified | J | Can lead a claim |
| K760 | Fatty (change of) liver, not elsewhere classified | J | Can lead a claim |
| K761 | Chronic passive congestion of liver | J | Can lead a claim |
| K762 | Central hemorrhagic necrosis of liver | A | Can lead a claim |
| K763 | Infarction of liver | J | Can lead a claim |
| K764 | Peliosis hepatis | A | Can lead a claim |
| K765 | Hepatic veno-occlusive disease | A | Can lead a claim |
| K766 | Portal hypertension | J | Can lead a claim |
| K767 | Hepatorenal syndrome | J | Can lead a claim |
| K7681 | Hepatopulmonary syndrome | J | Can lead a claim, code first applies |
| K7682 | Hepatic encephalopathy | B | Can lead a claim |
| K7683 | Intestinal failure-associated liver disease | J | Can lead a claim |
| K7689 | Other specified diseases of liver | J | Can lead a claim |
| K769 | Liver disease, unspecified | None | Cannot lead a claim |
| K77 | Liver disorders in diseases classified elsewhere | None | Cannot lead a claim |
Source: CMS HH PPS Grouper Software v07.2.26, effective 2026-10-01. 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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