K71 Toxic liver disease

Category / Non-billable header 14 subcodes

Block: Diseases of liver (K70-K77)

Includes

  • drug-induced idiosyncratic (unpredictable) liver disease
  • drug-induced toxic (predictable) liver disease

Excludes 2 (not included here)

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

Use Additional Code

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

Code First

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

Subcodes

Subcodes are listed below for reference. Detail pages are not available for chapters 11–22.

Code Description Billable
K71..0 Toxic liver disease with cholestasis Yes
K71..1 Toxic liver disease with hepatic necrosis No
K71..10 Toxic liver disease with hepatic necrosis, without coma Yes
K71..11 Toxic liver disease with hepatic necrosis, with coma Yes
K71..2 Toxic liver disease with acute hepatitis Yes
K71..3 Toxic liver disease with chronic persistent hepatitis Yes
K71..4 Toxic liver disease with chronic lobular hepatitis Yes
K71..5 Toxic liver disease with chronic active hepatitis No
K71..50 Toxic liver disease with chronic active hepatitis without ascites Yes
K71..51 Toxic liver disease with chronic active hepatitis with ascites Yes
K71..6 Toxic liver disease with hepatitis, not elsewhere classified Yes
K71..7 Toxic liver disease with fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver Yes
K71..8 Toxic liver disease with other disorders of liver Yes
K71..9 Toxic liver disease, unspecified Yes

Last reviewed: September 2026