Billable Medical Code for Other Specified Disorders of Liver
Diagnosis Code for Reimbursement Claim: ICD-9-CM 573.8
Code will be replaced by October 2015 and relabeled as ICD-10-CM 573.8.
The Short Description Is: Liver disorders NEC.
Known As
Liver mass is also known as abnormal bile secretion, acquired arteriovenous fistula of liver, alpha-1-antitrypsin hepatitis, antichymotrypsin deficiency-alpha-1, blastomycosis liver, cholestatic hepatitis, compensatory lobar hyperplasia of liver, decreased liver function, drug-induced cholestatic hepatitis, drug-induced disorder of liver, hemorrhage of liver, hepatic congestion, hepatocellular dysplasia, hepatocellular jaundice, hepatocellular liver damage, hepatoptosis, histoplasmosis liver, hydrohepatosis, impaired bile formation, lesion of liver, liver cyst, liver hematoma, liver lesion, liver mass, liver nodule, liver pain, liver regeneration, lobular dissecting hepatitis, mesenteric-portal fistula, metabolic and genetic disorder affecting the liver, mottling of liver, neonatal hepatocellular damage, nodular hyperplasia of liver, nodule of liver, portal triaditis, red blood cell sequestration in liver, space occupying lesion of liver, spontaneous subcapsular liver hematoma, subcapsular hemorrhage of liver, subcapsular liver hematoma, torsion of liver lobe, toxic liver disease with cholestasis, toxic liver disease with chronic active hepatitis, toxic liver disease with chronic persistent hepatitis, toxic liver disease with fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver, toxic liver disease with hepatic necrosis, and vascular disorder of liver. This applies to hepatoptosis.
Liver Mass Definition and Symptoms
Liver mass means there is a non cancerous mass present in the liver. This mass is made up of blood vessels. Majority of people with a liver mass show no signs or symptoms, however some cases may experience lack of appetite, nausea, pain in the upper right of the abdomen, and vomiting.