Z91.014 — Allergy to mammalian meats
Z91.014 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for allergy to mammalian meats. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Allergy to beef
- Allergy to lamb
- Allergy to pork
- Allergy to red meats
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z91.014
Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of Z91.014, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.
Written on Z91.0 — Allergy status, other than to drugs and biological substances
- Allergy status to drugs, medicaments, and biological substances (Z88.-)
Written on Z91 — Personal risk factors, not elsewhere classified
Risk adjustment
Z91.014 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.
Medicare coverage
Z91.014 is named in 21 Medicare coverage policies — 21 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56558Billing and Coding: Allergy Testing
- A56558Billing and Coding: Allergy Testing
- A56558Billing and Coding: Allergy Testing
- A57043Billing and Coding: RAST Type Tests
How Z91.014 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 Z91.014.
- Allergy, allergic›food NEC›status›beef
- Allergy, allergic›food NEC›status›lamb
- Allergy, allergic›food NEC›status›mammalian meats
- Allergy, allergic›food NEC›status›pork
- Allergy, allergic›food NEC›status›red meats
- History›personal›allergy›food›beef
- History›personal›allergy›food›lamb
- History›personal›allergy›food›mammalian meats
- History›personal›allergy›food›pork
- History›personal›allergy›food›red meats
Code history
Z91.014 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z91.01. If Z91.014 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about Z91.014
- Is Z91.014 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. Z91.014 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does Z91.014 sit in the tabular list?
- Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99), in the block Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status (Z77-Z99).