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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hepatology. 2021 Jun 22;74(1):474–482. doi: 10.1002/hep.31726

Table 1.

List of suggested ICD-codes for versions 8–11 with applicable codes for different diagnoses.

Diagnosis ICD-8 ICD-9 ICD-10 ICD-11 (version 04/19)
Defining NAFLD at baseline
NAFLD, all No available code 571.8 K76.0 DB92.0, DB92.Z
DB92.Y
NASH No available code No available code K75.8 DB92.1
Excluding other liver diseases at/before baseline
ALD 571,00, 571,01 571.0–571.3 K70 DB94
Viral hepatitis 999,2, 070 070 B16, B17, B18, B19 1E50, 1E51, 1E5Z
Autoimmune liver disease (AIH, PBC, PSC) No available code 571.6, 576.1 K83.0A, K83.0F, K74.3, K75.4 DB96
Hemochromatosis 273,2 275.0 E83.1 5C64.1
Wilson 273,3 275.1 E83.0B 5C64.0
Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency No available code 277.6 E88.0A, E88.0B 5C5A
Budd-Chiari No available code 453.0 I82.0, K76.5 DB98.5
Chronic hepatitis, unspecified 570 571.4 K73.9, K73.2 DB97.2
Secondary or unspecified biliary cirrhosis No available code 571.6 K74.4, K74.5 DB93.2
Excluding alcohol/drug use disorder at/before baseline
Codes associated with alcohol use disorder 303 303, 305.0 F10 6C40
Codes associated with somatic consequences of alcohol (except ALD) 291, 980,00, 980,01, 980,99 291, 357.5, 425.5, 535.3, 980.1, 980.9 E24.4, G62.1, I42.6, K29.2, G31.2, G72.1, K85.2, K86.0, T51.0, T51.9, Y57.3, X65, Z50.2, Z71.4, Z72.1 5A70.2, 8D44.0, 8D44.1, BC43.01, DA42.80, 8A03.30, 8D44.Y, DC31.1, DC32.3, QB95.2, QE10, 6D72.10, DA51.50, 6D84.0
Codes associated with drug use disorders except nicotine/caffeine No available code 305.1–9 F11-F14, F16, F18, F19 6C41–6C47, 6C4B-H
Compensated cirrhosis
Cirrhosis, compensated 571,9 571.5 K74.6 DB93.1
Esophageal varices, not bleeding No available code 456.1, 456.21 I85.9, I98.2 DA26.01, DA26.0Z
Gastric varices, not bleeding No available code No available code I86.4 DA43.0
Decompensated cirrhosis
Esophageal varices, bleeding 456.0 456.0, 456.20 I85.0, I98.3 DA26.00
Ascites 785.3 789.5 R18 ME04
Hepatic encephalopathy No available code 572.2 Code for cirrhosis + prescription for lactulose/rifaximin DB99.5
Hepatorenal syndrome No available code 572.4 K76.7 DB99.2
Portal hypertension 571,9 572.3 K76.6 DB98.7
Liver transplantation
Liver transplantation status No available code V427 Z94.4 QB63.3
Liver cancer outcomes
HCC 155,01 155.0 C22.0 2C12.0
Liver cancer, unspecified No available code 155.2 C22.9 2C12.Z
“Unspecific” codes that might be relevant for some studies
Chronic or unspecified liver failure 573 572.8 K72.1, K72.9 DB99.7, DB99.8
Acute or subacute liverfailure 570 570 K72.0 DB91
Portal vein thrombosis No available code No available code I81.9, K75.1 DB98.0
Hepatic fibrosis or sclerosis or fibrosis with sclerosis No available code 571,9 K74.0, K74.1, K74.2 DB93.0

Abbreviations: AIH, autoimmune hepatitis; ALD, alcohol-related liver disease; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; ICD, International Classification of Disease; NAFLD, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; NASH, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; PBC, primary biliary cholangitis: PSC, primary sclerosing cholangitis.