Liver cirrhosis, alcoholic
| ICD10 Diagnosis | |
| Dx: | Liver cirrhosis, alcoholic |
| ICD10 code: | K70.3 |
| Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | Alcoholic Liver Disease |
| Charlson/ALERT Scale: | Moderate or severe liver disease |
| APACHE Como Component: | Liver |
| APACHE Acute Component: | none |
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| Stop Date: | |
| Data Dependencies(Reports/Indicators/Data Elements): | No results |
| External ICD10 Documentation | |
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Additional Info
- Cirrhosis is an anatomic abnormality where the liver is small and "scarred" in a pattern that results in much of the liver being replaced by nodular scarring.
- Thus, the diagnosis is usually made by imaging (X-ray, ultrasound, etc) that shows a shrunken liver in the right clinical setting.
- Occasionally the diagnosis is made by liver biopsy.
- Cirrhosis is NOT the same as hepatitis (which usually gives an enlarged liver).
- 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:
| Cirrhosis codes: |
Candidate Combined ICD10 codes
- Also code liver failure, if present.
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