ICD-11 classes
13 Diseases of the digestive system
Diseases of liver
DB94 — Alcoholic liver disease
DB94.0 — Alcoholic fatty liver

ICD-11 DB94.0 — Alcoholic fatty liver

Alcoholic fatty liver is abnormal retention of lipids in liver cells evident as stainable fat (steatosis) due to excessive intake of alcohol. It is the earliest stage of alcoholic liver disease. It is difficult to histologically distinguish between alcoholic fatty liver from non-alcoholic fatty liver. Diagnosis is dependent on history of level of alcohol intake (see Definition of NAFLD).

The diagnosis includes nothing.

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

It has no clarifying diagnoses.