K71 vs K75.0

K71 (Toxic liver disease) compared with K75.0 (Abscess of liver), from the official CMS tabular data.

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Summary

These codes can be reported together when both conditions are documented, because K75.0 lists K71 under Excludes2, which marks them as distinct conditions.

Official rule

What is different?

The conditions named and billing status.K71 is “Toxic liver disease”; K75.0 is “Abscess of liver”. K71 is a non-billable header; K75.0 is billable.

Registry fact

Can these codes be reported together?

Yes, when both are documented.K75.0 lists K71 under Excludes2: “toxic liver disease (K71.-)”. Excludes2 marks distinct conditions that may both be reported when both are documented.

Official ruleGuide: Excludes1 vs Excludes2

Is there an Excludes1 relationship?

None.Neither entry carries an Excludes1 note that names the other code. K71 carries 1 Excludes1 note and K75.0 carries 4 Excludes1 notes covering other codes; the side-by-side table quotes them.

Official rule

Is there an Excludes2 relationship?

Yes.K75.0’s tabular entry: “toxic liver disease (K71.-)”. The note covers K71.

Official ruleGuide: Excludes1 vs Excludes2

Is one more specific?

Not comparable.The codes sit in different categories; specificity is only comparable within one category.

Is one a parent or header code?

One is a header.K71 is a non-billable header, but K75.0 is not one of its subdivisions.

Registry fact

Are there sequencing instructions?

None.Neither entry carries a Code First or Use Additional Code note that names the other.

Official rule

Are there other coding relationships?

None found.No laterality, encounter-phase, Table of Neoplasms, Table of Drugs and Chemicals, or history-versus-active-disease relationship links these codes.

MedCoder-derived

Official rule: a tabular instructional note or a section of the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, quoted as published. Registry fact: the codes’ own published attributes (titles, billable status, position in the hierarchy, code set). MedCoder-derived: a reading MedCoder computes from those facts; it is not itself a rule. How to read the labels

Can these codes be reported together?

Informational

Excludes2 relationship

K75.0

Abscess of liver

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K71

Toxic liver disease

What we found

Yes, when both are documented.K75.0 carries an Excludes2 note covering K71: “toxic liver disease (K71.-)”

Excludes2 marks distinct conditions — both may be reported when both are documented.

What to review

Report both only when the documentation supports both conditions; otherwise report the one documented.

Guide: Excludes1 vs Excludes2 Check these on a claim

Why it matters

An Excludes2 note means the excluded condition is not part of the code above it, but a patient can have both. Report both when both are documented.

Source / rule

CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes

Official guidance behind these answers

Section I.A.12.b — Excludes2 · applies to: Excludes2
A type 2 Excludes note represents “Not included here.” An excludes2 note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition represented by the code, but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When an Excludes2 note appears under a code, it is acceptable to use both the code and the excluded code together, when appropriate.
ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines FY2027

Quoted from the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting in effect for the release shown. The tabular notes above are the code-level instruction; these sections are the convention that says how such a note is applied. Source document (CMS PDF) · Release and checksum

Side by side

Similar descriptions do not make codes interchangeable. The documentation and the official instructions decide which code applies.

K71ICD-10-CM

K75.0ICD-10-CM

Official descriptionDiffers

K71

Toxic liver disease

K75.0

Abscess of liver

StatusDiffers

K71

Non-billable header

A header is not reported on a claim; a code beneath it is.

Report instead: K71.0, K71.10, K71.11, K71.2, K71.3

K75.0

Billable

Excludes1Differs

K71

jaundice NOS (R17)

K75.0

amebic liver abscess (A06.4)
cholangitis without liver abscess (K83.09)
pylephlebitis without liver abscess (K75.1)
jaundice NOS (R17)

Excludes2Differs

K71

alcoholic liver disease (K70.-)
Budd-Chiari syndrome (I82.0)
hemochromatosis (E83.11-)
Reye's syndrome (G93.7)
viral hepatitis (B15-B19)
Wilson's disease (E83.01)

K75.0

acute or subacute hepatitis NOS (B17.9)
acute or subacute non-viral hepatitis (K72.0)
chronic hepatitis NEC (K73.8)
toxic liver disease (K71.-)
hemochromatosis (E83.11-)
Reye's syndrome (G93.7)
viral hepatitis (B15-B19)
Wilson's disease (E83.01)

Code firstDiffers

K71

poisoning due to drug or toxin, if applicable (T36-T65 with fifth or sixth character 1-4)

K75.0

None at this code

Use additional codeDiffers

K71

code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)

K75.0

None at this code

CategoryDiffers

K71

Is itself a category

K75.0

K75 Other inflammatory liver diseases

ChapterSame for both

K00-K95 — Diseases of the Digestive System (K00-K95)

IncludesDiffers

K71

drug-induced idiosyncratic (unpredictable) liver disease
drug-induced toxic (predictable) liver disease

K75.0

Cholangitic hepatic abscess
Hematogenic hepatic abscess
Hepatic abscess NOS
Lymphogenic hepatic abscess

No Code also and 7th character note at either code.

Notes are the code’s own tabular entry, quoted as published. A note that names the other code is the one the verdict above rests on. In a row that differs, notes every code shares are dimmed.

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Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2027). A coding-rule comparison, not billing advice: payer-specific edits and medical-necessity policy are outside its scope. All data sources