T78.081A

Anaphylactic reaction due to egg with reactivity to baked egg, initial encounter

Billable / specific

T78.081A is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Includes (from T78)

  • 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
  • Note: 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.

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • Anaphylactic reaction due to egg with tolerance to baked egg (T78.080) (from T78.081)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • birth trauma (P10-P15) (from T78)
  • obstetric trauma (O70-O71) (from T78)
  • complications of surgical and medical care NEC (T80-T88) (from T78)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-) (from T78)

Code also

An additional code may be needed.

  • , if applicable, place of occurrence, such as: (from T78)
  • highway rest stop (Y92.523) (from T78)
  • school (private) (public) (state) as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.21-) (from T78)
  • service areas as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.52-) (from T78)
  • single-family non-institutional (private) house as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.01-) (from T78)
  • transport vehicle as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.81-) (from T78)

7th character

The 7th character values that apply to this code (defined at T78). Use the placeholder "X" for missing positions.

CharacterMeaning
Ainitial encounter
Dsubsequent encounter
Ssequela

Parent code

  • T78.081Anaphylactic reaction due to egg with reactivity to baked eggNeeds 7th char

Related codes

  • T78.081DAnaphylactic reaction due to egg with reactivity to baked egg, subsequent encounterBillable
  • T78.081SAnaphylactic reaction due to egg with reactivity to baked egg, sequelaBillable

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