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Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 571.6
Biliary cirrhosis
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • ICD-9-CM 571.6 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 571.6 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 571.6 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM K74.3 Primary biliary cirrhosis
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM K74.4 Secondary biliary cirrhosis
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM K74.5 Biliary cirrhosis, unspecified
Approximate Synonyms
  • Primary biliary cirrhosis
  • Primary biliary cirrhosis, stage 4
  • Secondary biliary cirrhosis
Clinical Information
  • A form of biliary cirrhosis in which small intrahepatic ducts are destroyed while the major intra and extra hepatic ducts remain patent; most patients are middle aged females and have circulating antimitochondrial antibodies
  • Cirrhosis of the liver caused either by destruction of the intrahepatic bile ducts (primary biliary cirrhosis) or blockage of the extrahepatic bile ducts (secondary biliary cirrhosis)
  • 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
Applies To
  • Chronic nonsuppurative destructive cholangitis
  • Cirrhosis:
    • cholangitic
    • cholestatic
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 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
    • 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
 571.5 ICD9Data.com 571.8 
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