ICD-10 CM Dx Code K74.60 | ICD-10 For Cirrhosis 2024

Cirrhosis is a liver disease which is actually a late stage result of liver complications. At the  beginning stages of disease there is no symptoms. The main common causes of this disease is   alcohol abuse, hepatitis and nonalcoholic fatty liver.

ICD-10 Code for Cirrhosis:

ICD-10 for cirrhosis is K74.60. The other ICD 10 codes for Cirrhosis is as under

ICD CodeDiscription
K74.0Hepatic fibrosis
K74.00Non specified
K74.01early fibrosis
K74.02advanced fibrosis
K74.1Hepatic sclerosis
K74.2Hepatic fibrosis with hepatic sclerosis
K74.3Primary biliary cirrhosis
K74.4Secondary biliary cirrhosis
K74.5Biliary cirrhosis, Non specified
K74.6Other and non specified cirrhosis of liver
K74.60Nonspecified cirrhosis of liver
K74.69Other cirrhosis of liver
K75Other inflammatory liver diseases
K75.0Abscess of liver
K75.1Phlebitis of portal vein
K75.2Nonspecific reactive hepatitis
K75.3Granulomatous hepatitis, not elsewhere classified
K75.4Autoimmune hepatitis
K75.8Other specified inflammatory liver diseases
K75.81Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)
K75.89Other specified inflammatory liver diseases
ICD 10 Codes for Cirrhosis

Cirrhosis disease  is a late-stage liver infection in which healthy liver tissue is replaced with scar tissue and the liver is permanently damaged. Scar tissues keeps your liver from working properly. Multiple  liver diseases and infections injure the healthy liver cells so cell death and inflammation starts in lever. All this is followed by cell repair and at last tissue scarring as a result of the repair process.

The scar tissue blocked or lower  the flow of blood through the liver and due to this liver’s ability to process hormones, nutrients and natural toxins (poisons). It is  also reduced the production of proteins and other substances made by the liver. Late-stage of cirrhosis is life-threatening as well

Symptoms of Cirrhosis:

  • Weight loss
  • Easily bleeding or bruising
  • Nausea
  • Itchy skin
  • Spider like blood vessels on skin
  • Fatigue
  • Redness in the palms
  • absent or loss of periods in women
  • breast enlargement in men
  • Swelling in legs, feet or ankles
  • Confusion, drowsiness and slurred speech
  • Jaundice

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