Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified - K72
This notation helps users understand the scope of a code K72 category and provides additional information about the conditions or terms that fall under that category.
Category Includes:
- fulminant hepatitis NEC, with hepatic failure
- liver (cell) necrosis with hepatic failure
- malignant hepatitis NEC, with hepatic failure
- yellow liver atrophy or dystrophy
Excludes1: It indicates that the conditions described by two codes cannot occur together in the same patient. These codes are mutually exclusive.
Type 1 Excludes:
- alcoholic hepatic failure (K70.4)
- hepatic failure with toxic liver disease (K71.1-)
- icterus of newborn (P55-P59)
- postprocedural hepatic failure (K91.82)
Excludes2: This note means that the conditions described by two codes are not usually associated with each other but can sometimes occur together.
Type 2 Excludes:
- hepatic failure complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.8)
- hepatic failure complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O26.6-)
- viral hepatitis with hepatic coma (B15-B19)
These ranges represents subcategories of Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified. The "K72" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad category.
Codes:
- K72.0 - Acute and subacute hepatic failure
- K72.00 - Acute and subacute hepatic failure without coma
- K72.01 - Acute and subacute hepatic failure with coma
- K72.1 - Chronic hepatic failure
- K72.10 - Chronic hepatic failure without coma
- K72.11 - Chronic hepatic failure with coma
- K72.9 - Hepatic failure, unspecified
- K72.90 - Hepatic failure, unspecified without coma
- K72.91 - Hepatic failure, unspecified with coma