T78.110

Other adverse food reactions due to milk and dairy products with tolerance to baked milk

Header / non-billable

This code does not map to a risk-adjusting HCC in the loaded models.

Coding notes

Excludes 1 never coded together · Excludes 2 may co-exist

This code · T78.110
Excludes 1

Other adverse food reaction due to milk and dairy products with reactivity to baked milk (T78.111)

Inherited from T78.1Other adverse food reactions, not elsewhere classified
Excludes 1

anaphylactic reaction or shock due to adverse food reaction (T78.0-) anaphylactic reaction due to food (T78.0-) bacterial food borne intoxications (A05.-)

Excludes 2

allergic and dietetic gastroenteritis and colitis (K52.29) allergic rhinitis due to food (J30.5) dermatitis due to food in contact with skin (L23.6, L24.6, L25.4) dermatitis due to ingested food (L27.2) food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (K52.21) food protein-induced enteropathy (K52.22)

Use additional

code to identify the type of reaction, if applicable

Inherited from T78Adverse effects, not elsewhere classified
Excludes 2

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

7th character

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

Valid 7th characters and their meanings
CharacterMeaning
Ainitial encounter
Dsubsequent encounter
Ssequela
Inherited from T66-T78Other and unspecified effects of external causes
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-)

Inherited from chapter 19Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
Excludes 2

birth trauma (P10-P15) obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Use additional

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

Note

Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes. (T07-T88) Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (T07-T88) (T20-T32) Burns and corrosions (T20-T32) Includes: burns (thermal) from electrical heating appliances burns (thermal) from electricity burns (thermal) from flame burns (thermal) from friction burns (thermal) from hot air and hot gases burns (thermal) from hot objects burns (thermal) from lightning burns (thermal) from radiation chemical burn [corrosion] (external) (internal) scalds Excludes2: erythema [dermatitis] ab igne (L59.0) radiation-related disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L55-L59) sunburn (L55.-)

Official Guidelines for T78.110

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