K74.60

Applicable To

• Cirrhosis of liver) NOS

Approximate Synonyms

• Cirrhosis – non-alcoholic

• Cirrhosis of liver

• Cirrhosis of liver due to chronic hepatitis c

• Cirrhosis of liver due to chronic hepatits c

• Cirrhosis of liver due to hepatits b

• Cirrhosis of liver due to hepatits c

• Cirrhosis, hepatitis b

• Cirrhosis, hepatitis c

• Cirrhosis, nonalcoholic

• Drug-induced cirrhosis of liver

• Hepatic cirrhosis, drug induced

Clinical Information

• A disorder characterized by replacement of the liver parenchyma with fibrous tissue and regenerative nodules. It is usually caused by alcoholisms, hepatitis b, and hepatitis c. Complications include the development of ascites, esophageal varices, bleeding, and hepatic encephalopathy.

• A type of chronic, progressive liver disease in which liver cells are replaced by scar tissue.

• Cirrhosis is scarring of the liver. Scar tissue forms because of injury or long-term disease. Scar tissue cannot do what healthy liver tissue does – make protein, help fight infections, clean the blood, help digest food and store energy. Cirrhosis can lead to

• Liver disease in which the normal microcirculation, the gross vascular anatomy, and the hepatic architecture have been variably destroyed and altered with fibrous septa surrounding regenerated or regenerating parenchymal nodules.

Details

• K74.60 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

• The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM K74.60 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K74.60 – other international versions of ICD-10 K74.60 may differ.