Certain specified fibrosis or cirrhosis of liver

Definition

This is other formation of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ or tissue in a reparative or reactive process and chronic liver disease characterised by replacement of liver tissue by fibrosis, scar tissue and regenerative nodules.

Inclusions

• Biliary cirrhosis, unspecified

2 subordinate codes

• DB93.20Hereditary North American Indian childhood cirrhosis
• DB93.21Idiopathic copper-associated cirrhosis

Also indexed as

Nearby in Hepatic fibrosis or cirrhosis

• DB93.0Hepatic fibrosis
• DB93.1Hepatic cirrhosis
• 4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system