Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure

**Definition:** Sudden liver failure in the presence of underlying compensated chronic LIVER DISEASE (e.g., LIVER CIRRHOSIS; HEPATITIS; and liver injury and failure) due to a precipitating acute hepatic insult.

**Tree numbers:** - C06.552.308.500.750.249

**Synonyms:** - Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) - Liver Failure, Acute-On-Chronic