2008 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Diseases Of The Digestive System 520-579 > Other Diseases Of Digestive System 570-579 > Chronic Liver Disease And Cirrhosis 571.* > 2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 571.6 Biliary cirrhosis  On October 1, 2008 the 2009 ICD-9-CM codes came into effect. Therefore, this code may be out of date. The 2009 version of ICD-9-CM 571.6 can be accessed here. FIBROSIS of the hepatic parenchyma due to obstruction of BILE flow (CHOLESTASIS) in the intrahepatic or extrahepatic bile ducts (BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; BILE DUCTS, EXTRAHEPATIC). Primary biliary cirrhosis involves the destruction of small intra-hepatic bile ducts and bile secretion. Secondary biliary cirrhosis is produced by prolonged obstruction of large intrahepatic or extrahepatic bile ducts from a variety of causes. 571.6 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 571.6 contains 6 index entries View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 571.* hierarchy ICD9Data's sister site ProcedureCodes.com launches with the 2008/09 CPT® codes - read more on the ICD9Data.com blog. 571.6 also known as: Chronic nonsuppurative destructive cholangitis Cirrhosis: cholangitic cholestatic Index entries containing 571.6: Cholangitis (acute) (ascending) (catarrhal) (chronic) (infective) (malignant) (primary) (recurrent) (sclerosing) (secondary) (stenosing) (suppurative) 576.1 chronic nonsuppurative destructive 571.6 nonsuppurative destructive (chronic) 571.6 Cirrhosis, cirrhotic 571.5 biliary (cholangiolitic) (cholangitic) (cholestatic) (extrahepatic) (hypertrophic) (intrahepatic) (nonobstructive) (obstructive) (pericholangiolitic) (posthepatic) (primary) (secondary) (xanthomatous) 571.6 due to clonorchiasis 121.1 flukes 121.3 Charcôt's 571.6 Todd's (see also Cirrhosis, biliary) 571.6 xanthomatous (biliary) (see also Cirrhosis, biliary) 571.6 due to xanthomatosis (familial) (metabolic) (primary) 272.2