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Z91.014

Z91.014Allergy to mammalian meats

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

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

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 16 Medicare coverage policies 16 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, allergicfood NECstatusbeef
  • Allergy, allergicfood NECstatuslamb
  • Allergy, allergicfood NECstatusmammalian meats
  • Allergy, allergicfood NECstatuspork
  • Allergy, allergicfood NECstatusred meats
  • Historypersonalallergyfoodbeef
  • Historypersonalallergyfoodlamb
  • Historypersonalallergyfoodmammalian meats
  • Historypersonalallergyfoodpork
  • Historypersonalallergyfoodred meats

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).
ICD-10-CMFY2026-Apr· effective April 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release — see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.