Hepatitis C must be differentiated from other diseases that cause hepatic injury and abnormal liver function tests such as other viral hepatitides (Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis E) and non-viral etiologies such as alcoholic liver disease, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, drug-induced liver injury, autoimmune hepatitis,  hepatocellular carcinoma, liver abscess, pancreatitis, and bowel obstruction.
Hepatitis C differential diagnosis
Hepatitis D differential diagnosis
Hepatitis B differential diagnosis
Hepatitis E differential diagnosis
Hepatitis differential diagnosis
Hepatitis D other diagnostic studies
Hepatitis C other diagnostic studies
Alcoholic hepatitis risk factors