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:

  1. DB92.0 — Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease without non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
  2. DB92.1 — Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
  3. DB92.Y — Other specified non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
  4. DB92.Z — Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, unspecified

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