K73Category · further specificity requiredCurrent

Chronic hepatitis, not elsewhere classified

HierarchyK70-K77 · K73

Code-level instructions

Excludes 1
  • alcoholic hepatitis (chronic) (K70.1-)
  • drug-induced hepatitis (chronic) (K71.-)
  • granulomatous hepatitis (chronic) NEC (K75.3)
  • reactive, nonspecific hepatitis (chronic) (K75.2)
  • viral hepatitis (chronic) (B15-B19)
Use additional code

code, if applicable, for ascites (R18.8)

Inherited instructions

Chapters 11 · Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95)

Excludes 2
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

K70-K77 · Diseases of liver (K70-K77)

Excludes 1

jaundice NOS (R17)

Excludes 2

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