Hepatic encephalopathy is a condition and in this situation a nervous system disorder decline in brain function that occurs as a result of severe liver disease. Hepatic encephalopathy condition in the liver doesn’t work properly. Lever is not able to remove toxins from blood properly and toxins build up in the blood. The blood toxins travel to the brain and affect the brain. Icd 10 code hepatic encephalopathy is K76. 82 and other related ICD codes are mentioned in below table.
ICD 10 code Hepatic Encephalopathy :
Hepatic Encephalopathy ICD code is K76. 82. Other related ICD codes are also update as below table
| ICD Codes | Description |
| K71.9 | Toxic liver disease, Non specified |
| K72 | Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified |
| K72.0 | Acute and subacute hepatic failure |
| K72.00 | Without coma |
| K72.01 | With coma |
| K72.1 | Chronic hepatic failure |
| K72.10 | Without coma |
| K72.11 | With coma |
| K72.9 | Hepatic failure, Non specified |
| K72.90 | Without Coma |
| K72.91 | With Coma |
| K73 | Chronic hepatitis, not elsewhere classified |
| K73.0 | Chronic persistent hepatitis, not elsewhere classified |
| K73.1 | Chronic lobular hepatitis, not elsewhere classified |
| K73.2 | Chronic active hepatitis, not elsewhere classified |
| K73.8 | Other chronic hepatitis, not elsewhere classified |
| K73.9 | Chronic hepatitis, Non specified |
| K74 | Fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver |
| K74.0 | Hepatic fibrosis |
| K74.00 | Non specified |
| K74.01 | Early Fibrosis |
People who are suffering from hepatic encephalopathy seem confused and clueless.
Kind of hepatic encephalopathy:
1- Acute fulminant viral hepatitis
2- Toxic hepatitis
3- Reye’s syndrome
Symptoms of Hepatic Encephalopathy :
- Change in personality
- Feeling difficulty in thinking
- Concentration is very low
- Sweat breath odor
- Forgetness
- Slow movement
- Anxiety
- Asterixis or flappy hand movement
Cause of Hepatic Encephalopathy:
- Access use of alcohol
- Access level of constipation
- Electrolyte imbalance
- Kidney Disease
- Infection
Note- All information updated from reliable and authorized source of information and USA gov authorized web portals and other source of information like CMS, AAPC, ICD10data, etc.
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