Cancellation of Debt (COD) Income. Taxpayers in the United States may have tax consequences when debt is cancelled. This is commonly known as COD (Cancellation of Debt) Income. According to the Internal Revenue Code, the discharge of indebtedness must be included in a taxpayer's gross income.
1 Liver blood tests are designed to show evidence that abnormalities, for example, inflammation, liver cell damage, has or is occurring within the liver.  The blood tests most frequently used for liver disease are the aminotransferases (alanine aminotransferase or ALT and aspartate aminotransferase or AST).
Tests usually include: 1  Blood tests called liver function tests. 2  An ultrasound scan of the liver may be done. 3  Other blood tests can measure various auto-antibodies which occur in various autoimmune diseases. 4  A small sample (biopsy) of the liver is likely to be taken to look at under the microscope.