K71
ICD-10Non-billable categoryToxic liver disease
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Toxic liver disease
K71 is a category heading, not a billable code. CMS does not accept it on a claim; report one of the more specific codes beneath it.
Includes
- drug-induced idiosyncratic (unpredictable) liver disease
- drug-induced toxic (predictable) liver disease
Excludes2
Not included here. The condition is not part of this code, but a patient may have both, and both codes may be reported together.
- alcoholic liver disease (K70.-)
- Budd-Chiari syndrome (I82.0)
Code first
Sequence the underlying condition before this code.
- poisoning due to drug or toxin, if applicable (T36-T65 with fifth or sixth character 1-4)
Use additional code
Report an additional code to identify the associated condition.
- code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)
More specific codes under K71
- K71.0Toxic liver disease with cholestasis
- K71.1Toxic liver disease with hepatic necrosiscategory
- K71.2Toxic liver disease with acute hepatitis
- K71.3Toxic liver disease with chronic persistent hepatitis
- K71.4Toxic liver disease with chronic lobular hepatitis
- K71.5Toxic liver disease with chronic active hepatitiscategory
- K71.6Toxic liver disease with hepatitis, not elsewhere classified
- K71.7Toxic liver disease with fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver
- K71.8Toxic liver disease with other disorders of liver
- K71.9Toxic liver disease, unspecified
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ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.