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K76.9 ICD-10-CA code: Liver disease, unspecified

K76.9 is the ICD-10-CA code for “Liver disease, unspecified” in CIHI’s FY 2026–2027 release, in effect from Apr 1, 2026.

Official description

K76.9

Liver disease, unspecified

Short description: Liver disease unspecified

ICD-10-CA · Canada · Also written K769

Index terms

Entries in CIHI’s alphabetical index that lead to K76.9. Searching the index by the condition the note names is how coders reach this code.

  • Disorder (of), liver
  • Damage, liver (nontraumatic)
  • Lesion (nontraumatic), liver
  • Disease, diseased, liver (chronic) (organic)

Notes for K76.9

As CIHI prints them, with any note K76.9 takes from the headings above it.

Excludes

Conditions classified elsewhere.

  • Alcoholic liver disease (K70.-)amyloid degeneration of liver (E85.-)cystic disease of liver (congenital) (Q44.6)hepatic vein thrombosis (I82.0)hepatomegaly NOS (R16.0)portal vein thrombosis (I81)toxic liver disease (K71.-)From K76 Other diseases of liver
  • 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 K76.9 sits

  1. 1ChapterChapter 11: Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K93)
  2. 2Block K70-K77Diseases of liver
  3. 3Category K76Other diseases of liver
  4. 4Valid code K76.9Liver disease, unspecified

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 K76.9 in the CIHI source

Frequently asked questions

What does ICD-10-CA code K76.9 mean?

K76.9 is the ICD-10-CA code for “Liver disease, unspecified” in CIHI’s ICD-10-CA FY 2026–2027 release.

Where is K76.9 in ICD-10-CA?

K76.9 sits under K76 Other diseases of liver, within K70-K77 Diseases of liver, within Chapter 11: Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K93).

What coding notes apply to K76.9?

ICD-10-CA lists Excludes notes for K76.9, 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 K76.9

K76.0Fatty (change of) liver, not elsewhere classifiedK76.1Chronic passive congestion of liverK76.2Central haemorrhagic necrosis of liverK76.3Infarction of liverK76.4Peliosis hepatisK76.5Hepatic veno-occlusive diseaseK76.6Portal hypertensionK76.7Hepatorenal syndromeK76.8Other specified diseases of liver