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K75 vs R17

K75 (Other inflammatory liver diseases) compared with R17 (Unspecified jaundice), from the official CMS tabular data. Do not report these codes together: the official tabular list marks them Excludes1.

Can these codes be reported together?

No — do not report together. K75 carries an Excludes1 note covering R17: “jaundice NOS (R17)”

Sole exception: when the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

Side by side

K75Other inflammatory liver diseasesR17Unspecified jaundice
Billing statusNon-billable header

Report instead: K75.0, K75.1, K75.2, K75.3, K75.4

Billable
ClassificationK00-K95 — Diseases of the Digestive System (K00-K95)R00-R99 — Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings, Not Elsewhere Classified (R00-R99)
DefinitionOther inflammatory liver diseases is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (K75).Unspecified jaundice is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (R17).

Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2026). Not billing advice; verify sequencing rules for the encounter. All data sources