K76.82
Hepatic encephalopathy
Billable
Chapter: 11. Diseases of the digestive system
Section: K70-K77 - Diseases of liver
Coding Guidelines
Inclusion Terms
- Hepatic encephalopathy, NOS
- Hepatic encephalopathy without coma
- Hepatocerebral intoxication
- Portal-systemic encephalopathy
Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)
These codes should never be used together with K76.82
Code Also
- underlying liver disease, such as:
- acute and subacute hepatic failure without coma (K72.00)
- alcoholic hepatic failure without coma (K70.40)
- chronic hepatic failure without coma (K72.10)
- hepatic failure with toxic liver disease without coma (K71.10)
- hepatic failure without coma (K72.90)
- icterus of newborn (P55-P59)
- postprocedural hepatic failure (K91.82)
- viral hepatitis without hepatic coma (B15.9, B16.1, B16.9, B17.10, B19.10, B19.20, B19.9)
