ICD-11 classes
13 Diseases of the digestive system
Diseases of liver
DB93 — Hepatic fibrosis or cirrhosis
DB93.0 — Hepatic fibrosis
ICD-11 DB93.0 — Hepatic fibrosis
Hepatic Fibrosis is defined as an excess deposition of the components of extracellular matrix (i.e. collagens, glycoproteins, proteoglycans) within the liver. This response to liver injury potentially is reversible. In contrast, in most patients, cirrhosis is not a reversible process.
It includes 2 items.
- Hepatic sclerosis
- Hepatic fibrosis with hepatic sclerosis
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is included in 1 another class.
- Hepatic fibrosis due to Schistosomiasis without portal hypertension (1F86.Z)