Case Exclusion Codes | ||
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ICD-9 | ICD-10 | Description |
571.1 | K70.10 | Acute alcoholic hepatitis |
571.2 | K70.30 | Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver, |
571.3 | K70.9 | ALCOHOL LIVER DAMAGE NOS |
As of October 2015, ICD-9 codes are no longer used for medical coding. Instead, use this equivalent ICD-10-CM code, which is an approximate match to ICD-9 code 571.1:
Billable codes are sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis.