ICD-11 classes
13 Diseases of the digestive system
Diseases of liver
DB94 — Alcoholic liver disease
DB94.1 — Alcoholic hepatitis
ICD-11 DB94.1 — Alcoholic hepatitis
Alcoholic hepatitis is injury and inflammation of the liver caused by excessive intake of alcohol. It is characterised by infiltration by neutrophils, ballooning degeneration of hepatocytes and deposit of Mallory hyaline bodies. Alcoholic hepatitis often occurs concomitantly in patients with other forms of alcoholic liver disease such as fatty liver (alcoholic steatohepatitis), liver fibrosis and cirrhosis.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
Diagnosis with code DB94.1 contains 3 clarifying diagnoses:
- DB94.10 — Alcoholic hepatitis with cirrhosis
- DB94.1Y — Other specified alcoholic hepatitis
- DB94.1Z — Alcoholic hepatitis, unspecified