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== Additional Info ==
* Also code [[Category:Liver failure|liver failure]], if present
*This code is when the type of hepatitis virus is not clear or known, but it IS believed to be viral hepatitis.
*Does that mean "Infection with implied pathogen" or "Infection requiring pathogen"? Please fix category above and also minimum codes and required [[Pathogens|pathogen]]. Ttenbergen 00:21, 2017 November 22 (CST)

== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==
*Also code liver failure if present:
**[[Liver failure w/wo hepatic encephalopathy, acute or subacute NOS]]
**[[Liver failure w/wo hepatic encephalopathy, chronic NOS]]
**[[Liver failure w/wo hepatic encephalopathy, not specified as acute or chronic]] 

Another hepatitis code: 
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== Candidate [[Combined ICD10 codes]] ==
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