ICD-11 classes
13 Diseases of the digestive system
Diseases of liver
DB92 — Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
ICD-11 DB92 — Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
NAFLD is characterised by fatty liver related to insulin resistance in the absence of significant alcohol consumption. It embraces a pathological spectrum from simple steatosis to steatohepatitis. 10-20% have steatohepatitis (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis: NASH), which can progress to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
It excludes 6 items.
- Reye syndrome (8E46)
- Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (JA65.0)
- Drug-induced or toxic liver disease (DB95)
- Chronic hepatitis C (1E51.1)
- Alcoholic liver disease (DB94)
- inherited defects in mitochondrial metabolism (5C53)
Diagnosis with code DB92 contains 4 clarifying diagnoses: