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Check 5th Character Requirements on Liver Disease Dx

Published on Thu Oct 24, 2024

Question: When a patient suffers from alcoholic liver disease, what is the best way to choose an ICD-10 code? Missouri Subscriber Answer: You’ll have to start with the type of liver disease; you can find these codes in the K70.- (Alcoholic liver disease) code set. The types of liver disease are: K70.0 (Alcoholic fatty liver) K70.1- (Alcoholic hepatitis) K70.2 (Alcoholic fibrosus and [...]
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