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K71.1 ICD-10-CA code: Toxic liver disease with hepatic necrosis

K71.1 is the ICD-10-CA code for “Toxic liver disease with hepatic necrosis” in CIHI’s FY 2026–2027 release, in effect from Apr 1, 2026.

Official description

K71.1

Toxic liver disease with hepatic necrosis

Short description: Toxic liver disease w hepatic necrosis

ICD-10-CA · Canada · Also written K711

Index terms

Entries in CIHI’s alphabetical index that lead to K71.1. Searching the index by the condition the note names is how coders reach this code.

  • Hepatitis, fulminant NEC, toxic
  • Hepatitis, fulminant NEC, drug induced
  • Failure, failed, hepatic, fulminant NEC, toxic
  • Failure, failed, hepatic, fulminant NEC, drug induced
  • Disease, diseased, liver (chronic) (organic), toxic, with, hepatic necrosis
  • Failure, failed, hepatic, due to drugs (acute) (chronic) (subacute) (toxic)

Notes for K71.1

As CIHI prints them, with any note K71.1 takes from the headings above it.

Includes

  • Hepatic failure (acute)(chronic) due to drugs
  • Drug-inducedidiosyncratic (unpredictable), toxic (predictable) — liver diseaseFrom K71 Toxic liver disease

Use additional code

Add a code for this detail when the note documents it.

Excludes

Conditions classified elsewhere.

  • Alcoholic liver disease (K70.-)Budd-Chiari syndrome (I82.0)From K71 Toxic liver disease
  • Haemochromatosis (E83.1-)jaundice NOS (R17.0)Reye's syndrome (G93.7)viral hepatitis (B15-B19)Wilson's disease (E83.0)From K70-K77 Diseases of liver
  • Certain:• conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)• infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O99)congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90)injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T98)neoplasms (C00-D48)symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)From Chapter 11: Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K93)

Where K71.1 sits

  1. 1ChapterChapter 11: Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K93)
  2. 2Block K70-K77Diseases of liver
  3. 3Category K71Toxic liver disease
  4. 4Valid code K71.1Toxic liver disease with hepatic necrosis

Source and release

Data release
ICD-10-CA · FY 2026–2027
Effective date
Apr 1, 2026
Publisher
CIHI

This page is built from the ICD-10-CA catalog that Vero Codes reads when it suggests codes: Canadian Institute for Health Information’s FY 2026–2027 release, imported from the publisher’s file and checked against it. The description, notes and structured data come from the same record.

See K71.1 in the CIHI source

Frequently asked questions

What does ICD-10-CA code K71.1 mean?

K71.1 is the ICD-10-CA code for “Toxic liver disease with hepatic necrosis” in CIHI’s ICD-10-CA FY 2026–2027 release.

Where is K71.1 in ICD-10-CA?

K71.1 sits under K71 Toxic liver disease, within K70-K77 Diseases of liver, within Chapter 11: Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K93).

What coding notes apply to K71.1?

ICD-10-CA lists Includes, Use additional code, Excludes notes for K71.1, including those from the headings it sits under. They are listed on this page with where each one comes from.

Which ICD-10-CA release does this page use?

It uses CIHI’s FY 2026–2027 release, in effect from Apr 1, 2026 to Mar 31, 2027. It is a reference: confirm the code against the current list and the payer’s rules before you submit it.

Codes beside K71.1

K71.0Toxic liver disease with cholestasisK71.2Toxic liver disease with acute hepatitisK71.3Toxic liver disease with chronic persistent hepatitisK71.4Toxic liver disease with chronic lobular hepatitisK71.5Toxic liver disease with chronic active hepatitisK71.6Toxic liver disease with hepatitis, not elsewhere classifiedK71.7Toxic liver disease with fibrosis and cirrhosis of liverK71.8Toxic liver disease with other disorders of liverK71.9Toxic liver disease, unspecified