K74.0Hepatic fibrosis

K74.0 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for hepatic fibrosis. It belongs to category K74 (fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver), block K70-K77 (diseases of liver) and chapter 11 (diseases of the digestive system). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 4 subcodes must be used instead.

Within K74 (fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver), K74.0 is specifically for hepatic fibrosis. Related codes cover hepatic sclerosis (K74.1), hepatic fibrosis with hepatic sclerosis (K74.2), primary biliary cirrhosis (K74.3), secondary biliary cirrhosis (K74.4), biliary cirrhosis, unspecified (K74.5) and other and unspecified cirrhosis of liver (K74.6).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: K74.00 (unspecified), K74.01 (early fibrosis), K74.02 (advanced fibrosis) and K74.0A (moderate fibrosis).

Code first underlying liver disease, such as: nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) (K75.81).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015, and changed in FY2021 (expanded into subcodes).

Before ICD-10, this condition was coded in ICD-9-CM as 571.5 (cirrhosis of liver without mention of alcohol).