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2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 572.0
Abscess of liver
572
572.1
572.0 is a billable ICD-9-CM medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
Newer versions of 572.0:
2009
2010
Diagnosis Definition(s)
solitary or multiple collections of pus within the liver; usually associated with systemic manifestations of toxemia and clinical signs of disease in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen.
Excludes
amebic liver abscess (
006.3
)
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index Entries That Refer To 572.0
Abscess (acute) (chronic) (infectional) (lymphangitic) (metastatic) (multiple) (pyogenic) (septic) (with lymphangitis) (see also Cellulitis)
682.9
hepatic
572.0
amebic (see also Abscess, liver, amebic)
006.3
duct
576.8
liver
572.0
amebic
006.3
with
brain abscess (and lung abscess)
006.5
lung abscess
006.4
due to Entamoeba histolytica
006.3
dysenteric (see also Abscess, liver, amebic)
006.3
pyogenic
572.0
tropical (see also Abscess, liver, amebic)
006.3
Hepatitis
573.3
suppurative (diffuse)
572.0
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation)
liver (capsule) (see also Hepatitis)
573.3
suppurative
572.0
2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 572.0
572.0