ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › T66-T78 › T78.1 Other adverse food reactions, not... › T78.1XXA

T78.1XXA

Other adverse food reactions, not elsewhere classified, initial encounter

RetiredICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

No longer in the code set. Submitting it will not be accepted for a current date of service.

Billable FY2016 to FY2025. In the code set FY2016 to FY2025, and removed after that.

Use instead:

  • T78.110A Other adverse food reactions due to milk and dairy products with tolerance to baked milk, initial encounter stated for FY2025
  • T78.111A Other adverse food reaction due to milk and dairy products with reactivity to baked milk, initial encounter stated for FY2025
  • T78.119A Other adverse food reaction due to milk and dairy products with baked milk tolerance/reactivity, unspecified, initial encounter stated for FY2025
  • T78.120A Other adverse food reaction due to egg with tolerance to baked egg, initial encounter stated for FY2025
  • T78.121A Other adverse food reaction due to egg with reactivity to baked egg, initial encounter stated for FY2025
  • T78.129A Other adverse food reaction due to egg with baked egg tolerance/reactivity, unspecified, initial encounter stated for FY2025
  • T78.19XA Other adverse food reactions, not elsewhere classified, initial encounter stated for FY2025

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Other adverse food reactions, not elsewhere classified, initial encounter
  2. FY2026 Removed from the code set

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from T78 Adverse effects, not elsewhere classified

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T78

Excludes2 - not included here

  • complications of surgical and medical care NEC (T80-T88)

Inherited from the T66-T78 section Other and unspecified effects of external causes (T66-T78)

Code also

  • , if applicable, place of occurrence, such as:
  • highway rest stop (Y92.523)
  • school (private) (public) (state) as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.21-)
  • service areas as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.52-)
  • single-family non-institutional (private) house as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.01-)
  • transport vehicle as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.81-)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
T78.11 Other adverse food reactions due to milk and dairy products Not billable
T78.12 Other adverse food reaction due to eggs Not billable
T78.19 Other adverse food reactions, not elsewhere classified Not billable
T78.1XXD Other adverse food reactions, not elsewhere classified, subsequent encounter Retired
T78.1XXS Other adverse food reactions, not elsewhere classified, sequela Retired