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== Additional Info == | == Additional Info == | ||
*This is the code to use for any type of alcoholic '''liver failure | *This is the code to use for any type of '''alcoholic '''liver failure: fulminant, acute, subacute, chronic, NOS, ''with or without'' hepatic encephalopathy. | ||
*Remember that liver failure is a distinct manifestation of advanced liver disease that can be caused by many different types of liver disease. In liver failure, there is evidence of one or both of: | *Remember that liver failure is a distinct manifestation of advanced liver disease that can be caused by many different types of liver disease. In liver failure, there is evidence of one or both of: | ||
**synthetic dysfunction indicated by coagulopathy (with elevated PT, INR), very low albumin and other plasma proteins | **synthetic dysfunction indicated by coagulopathy (with elevated PT, INR), very low albumin and other plasma proteins | ||
**hepatic encephalopathy | **hepatic encephalopathy | ||
*Liver cirrhosis is ''NOT'' the same thing as liver failure. They can occur alone, or together. | *Liver [[:Category:Cirrhosis|cirrhosis]] is ''NOT'' the same thing as liver failure. They can occur alone, or together. | ||
== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | == Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | ||
Revision as of 10:44, 12 March 2018
| ICD10 Diagnosis | |
| Dx: | Liver failure, alcoholic, w/wo hepatic encephalopathy |
| ICD10 code: | K70.4 |
| Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | Fulminant Hepatic Failure, Non Fulminant Hepatic Failure, Alcoholic Liver Disease |
| Charlson/ALERT Scale: | Moderate or severe liver disease |
| APACHE Como Component: | Liver |
| APACHE Acute Component: | none |
| Start Date: | |
| Stop Date: | |
| Data Dependencies(Reports/Indicators/Data Elements): | No results |
| External ICD10 Documentation | |
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Additional Info
- This is the code to use for any type of alcoholic liver failure: fulminant, acute, subacute, chronic, NOS, with or without hepatic encephalopathy.
- Remember that liver failure is a distinct manifestation of advanced liver disease that can be caused by many different types of liver disease. In liver failure, there is evidence of one or both of:
- synthetic dysfunction indicated by coagulopathy (with elevated PT, INR), very low albumin and other plasma proteins
- hepatic encephalopathy
- Liver cirrhosis is NOT the same thing as liver failure. They can occur alone, or together.
Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition
- Codes for other aspects of alcoholic liver disease:
- This is one of several different codes for liver failure:
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