2025
ICD-10-CM
Diagnosis
Code

K72 Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified

  • Non-billable
  • 2016–2025

K72 is a non-billable/non-specific diagnosis code from the 2025 ICD-10-CM used to classify the following condition: Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified.

Includes

  • Fulminant hepatitis NEC, with hepatic failure

  • Liver (cell) necrosis with hepatic failure

  • Malignant hepatitis NEC, with hepatic failure

  • Yellow liver atrophy or dystrophy

Type 1 excludes

  • Alcoholic hepatic failure (K70.4)

  • Hepatic failure with toxic liver disease (K71.1-)

  • Icterus of newborn (P55-P59)

  • Postprocedural hepatic failure (K91.82)

Type 2 excludes

  • Hepatic failure complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.8)

  • Hepatic failure complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O26.6-)

  • Viral hepatitis with hepatic coma (B15-B19)

Codes

Versions

  1. 2025

    No changes

  2. 2024

    No changes

  3. 2023

    Code changed

    • Includes

        • fulminant hepatitis NEC, with hepatic failure
        • hepatic encephalopathy NOS
        • liver (cell) necrosis with hepatic failure
        • malignant hepatitis NEC, with hepatic failure
        • yellow liver atrophy or dystrophy
        • fulminant hepatitis NEC, with hepatic failure
        • liver (cell) necrosis with hepatic failure
        • malignant hepatitis NEC, with hepatic failure
        • yellow liver atrophy or dystrophy

  4. 2022

    No changes

  5. 2021

    No changes

  6. 2020

    No changes

  7. 2019

    No changes

  8. 2018

    No changes

  9. 2017

    Code changed

    • Includes

        • acute hepatitis NEC, with hepatic failure
        • fulminant hepatitis NEC, with hepatic failure
        • hepatic encephalopathy NOS
        • liver (cell) necrosis with hepatic failure
        • malignant hepatitis NEC, with hepatic failure
        • yellow liver atrophy or dystrophy
        • fulminant hepatitis NEC, with hepatic failure
        • hepatic encephalopathy NOS
        • liver (cell) necrosis with hepatic failure
        • malignant hepatitis NEC, with hepatic failure
        • yellow liver atrophy or dystrophy

    • Type 1 excludes

        • alcoholic hepatic failure (K70.4)
        • hepatic failure with toxic liver disease (K71.1-)
        • icterus of newborn (P55-P59)
        • postprocedural hepatic failure (K91.82)
        • viral hepatitis with hepatic coma (B15-B19)
        • alcoholic hepatic failure (K70.4)
        • hepatic failure with toxic liver disease (K71.1-)
        • icterus of newborn (P55-P59)
        • postprocedural hepatic failure (K91.82)

    • Type 2 excludes

        • hepatic failure complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.8)
        • hepatic failure complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O26.6-)
        • hepatic failure complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.8)
        • hepatic failure complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O26.6-)
        • viral hepatitis with hepatic coma (B15-B19)

  10. 2016

    New code