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K75.0

Billable

Abscess of liver

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

A bacterial or fungal infection that forms a pus-filled pocket within the liver tissue.

Coding Tips

  • •Document the causative organism when identified to support infection coding and antibiotic selection
  • •Distinguish from other liver infections (hepatitis) and ensure imaging or clinical evidence of abscess formation is documented

Excludes 1 — Do NOT code together

  • amebic liver abscess (A06.4)
  • cholangitis without liver abscess (K83.09)
  • pylephlebitis without liver abscess (K75.1)

Excludes 2 — Not included here, may code separately

  • acute or subacute hepatitis NOS (B17.9)
  • acute or subacute non-viral hepatitis (K72.0)
  • chronic hepatitis NEC (K73.8)

Code Hierarchy

└K75Other inflammatory liver diseases└K75.0Abscess of liver
└K75.0Abscess of liver

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