Is K76.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. K76.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does K76.0 sit in the tabular list?

Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Diseases of liver (K70-K77).

What cannot be coded together with K76.0?

K76.0 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.

K76.0

K76.0 — Fatty (change of) liver, not elsewhere classified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

K76.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for fatty (change of) liver, not elsewhere classified. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Excludes1 — never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) (K75.81)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)

Risk adjustment

K76.0 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

K76.0 is named in 15 Medicare coverage policies — 15 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
A56422Billing and Coding: Bariatric Surgical Management of Morbid Obesity
A56852Billing and Coding: Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy for Severe Obesity
A57145Billing and Coding: Surgical Management of Morbid Obesity

How K76.0 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to K76.0.

Cirrhosis, cirrhotic›fatty
Fatty›liver NEC
Steatosis›liver NEC
Degeneration, degenerative›fatty›liver NEC
Degeneration, degenerative›liver NEC›fatty NEC
Disease, diseased›liver›fatty, nonalcoholic(NAFLD)
Disease, diseased›liver›metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic(MASLD)
Fatty›liver NEC›nonalcoholic

Related codes at this level

Codes that share K76. If K76.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about K76.0

Is K76.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. K76.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does K76.0 sit in the tabular list?: Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Diseases of liver (K70-K77).
What cannot be coded together with K76.0?: K76.0 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.