T78.081 — Anaphylactic reaction due to egg with reactivity to baked egg
T78.081 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for anaphylactic reaction due to egg with reactivity to baked egg. 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 egg with tolerance to baked egg (T78.080)
Other codes that can never be billed with T78.081
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at T78.081. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading T78.081 alone.
- T78.080Anaphylactic reaction due to egg with tolerance to baked egg
- T78.080AAnaphylactic reaction due to egg with tolerance to baked egg, initial encounter
- T78.080DAnaphylactic reaction due to egg with tolerance to baked egg, subsequent encounter
- T78.080SAnaphylactic reaction due to egg with tolerance to baked egg, sequela
Risk adjustment
T78.081 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
How T78.081 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to T78.081.
- Allergy, allergic›eggs›anaphylactic reaction›with›reactivity to baked egg
- Shock›anaphylactic›due to food›eggs›with›reactivity to baked egg
Code to one of these instead T78.081
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T78.08. If T78.081 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about T78.081
- Is T78.081 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T78.081 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T78.081 sit in the tabular list?
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Other and unspecified effects of external causes (T66-T78).
- What cannot be coded together with T78.081?
- T78.081 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.