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ICD-10-CM Code for Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver without ascites K70.30

ICD-10 code K70.30 for Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver without ascites is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the digestive system .

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Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver without ascites

K70

Use additional code to identify:
alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-)

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New E&M guidelines
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Help with Coding Substance Abuse ICD-10 CM substance abuse substance dependence substance use use additional code
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Help Please!! Dx for umbilical hernia...
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Best code(s) for ESLD due to alcoholic cirrhosis?
Thanks, Rajesh. I found this this morning from an article in a 2016 issue of the Diagnostic Coding Pro in which they did a highlight on this very topic: "Code both end-stage liver disease (K72.90) a... [ Read More ]
Best code(s) for ESLD due to alcoholic cirrhosis?
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Best code(s) for ESLD due to alcoholic cirrhosis?
[QUOTE="rhondatalley, post: 431258, member: 38468"]K70.40 for the liver failure due to alcoholic cirrhosis w/o coma and K70.31 for alcoholic cirrhosis with ascites[/QUOTE] Well I'll be darned! :-) T... [ Read More ]
Best code(s) for ESLD due to alcoholic cirrhosis?
K70.40 for the liver failure due to alcoholic cirrhosis w/o coma and K70.31 for alcoholic cirrhosis with ascites [QUOTE="lynnmcd, post: 431231, member: 486730"]Hi all! I am probably over thinking th... [ Read More ]
Best code(s) for ESLD due to alcoholic cirrhosis?
Hi all! I am probably over thinking this one. As stated above, the doc gave this patient a primary dx of end stage liver disease DUE TO alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver. The active dx list at the tim... [ Read More ]
Esophageal, Gastric varices and Liver cirrhosis and Portal hypertension and Tips
[b]Coding Clinic[/b] Bleeding gastric varices due to alcoholic cirrhosis/hepatitis ICD-9-CM Coding Clinic, Second Quarter 2002 Page: 4 Effective with discharges: August 1, 2002 Related Infor... [ Read More ]
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