Coding advice: Distinguish from C78.7 (secondary malignant neoplasm of liver), which is far more common. Verify the pathology report.
Inflammatory / Infection (1)
B18.2Billable
Chronic viral hepatitis C
Viral hepatitis · SCTID 128241005
Coding advice: Chapter I is a special-group chapter and takes priority over the digestive-system chapter for infectious hepatitis.
Degenerative / Other (4)
K74.60Billable
Unspecified cirrhosis of liver
Cirrhosis of liver · SCTID 19943007
Coding advice: Alcoholic cirrhosis classifies to K70.30 instead - check documented aetiology before assigning K74.60.
K70.30Billable
Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver without ascites
Cirrhosis of liver · SCTID 19943007
K72.90Billable
Hepatic failure, unspecified without coma
Hepatic failure · SCTID 197270009
K76.0Billable
Fatty (change of) liver, not elsewhere classified
Steatosis of liver · SCTID 197321007
Scaffold crosswalk. Scaffold crosswalk. Validate against a licensed FMA release, a SNOMED CT release and the current NLM complex map refset before clinical or billing use.
