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T78.071

T78.071: Anaphylactic reaction due to milk and dairy products with reactivity to baked milk

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

T78.071 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for anaphylactic reaction due to milk and dairy products with reactivity to baked milk. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.

This code requires a 7th character

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

A
initial encounter
D
subsequent encounter
S
sequela

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

  • Anaphylactic reaction due to milk and dairy products with tolerance to baked milk (T78.070)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above T78.071

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on T78: Adverse effects, not elsewhere classified

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

Other codes that can never be billed with T78.071

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • T78.070Anaphylactic reaction due to milk and dairy products with tolerance to baked milk
  • T78.070AAnaphylactic reaction due to milk and dairy products with tolerance to baked milk, initial encounter
  • T78.070DAnaphylactic reaction due to milk and dairy products with tolerance to baked milk, subsequent encounter
  • T78.070SAnaphylactic reaction due to milk and dairy products with tolerance to baked milk, sequela
  • T75Other and unspecified effects of other external causes

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Allergy, allergic›dairy products›anaphylactic reaction›with›reactivity to baked milk
  • Allergy, allergic›milk protein›anaphylactic reaction›with›reactivity to baked milk
  • Shock›anaphylactic›due to food›dairy products›with›reactivity to baked milk
  • Shock›anaphylactic›due to food›milk›with›reactivity to baked milk

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead T78.071

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under T78.07

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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