Z88.8

Allergy status to other drugs, medicaments and biological substances

Billable / specificPOA exempt

Z88.8 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 Z88)

  • Note: Z codes represent reasons for encounters. A corresponding procedure code must accompany a Z code if a procedure is performed. Categories Z00-Z99 are provided for occasions when circumstances other than a disease, injury or external cause classifiable to categories A00-Y89 are recorded as 'diagnoses' or 'problems'. This can arise in two main ways:
  • Note: (a) When a person who may or may not be sick encounters the health services for some specific purpose, such as to receive limited care or service for a current condition, to donate an organ or tissue, to receive prophylactic vaccination (immunization), or to discuss a problem which is in itself not a disease or injury.
  • Note: (b) When some circumstance or problem is present which influences the person's health status but is not in itself a current illness or injury.

Excludes2

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

  • Allergy status, other than to drugs and biological substances (Z91.0-) (from Z88)

Code also

An additional code may be needed.

  • any follow-up examination (Z08-Z09) (from Z88)

Parent code

  • Z88Allergy status to drugs, medicaments and biological substancesHeader

Related codes

  • Z88.0Allergy status to penicillinBillable
  • Z88.1Allergy status to other antibiotic agentsBillable
  • Z88.2Allergy status to sulfonamidesBillable
  • Z88.3Allergy status to other anti-infective agentsBillable
  • Z88.4Allergy status to anesthetic agentBillable
  • Z88.5Allergy status to narcotic agentBillable
  • Z88.6Allergy status to analgesic agentBillable
  • Z88.7Allergy status to serum and vaccineBillable
  • Z88.9Allergy status to unspecified drugs, medicaments and biological substancesBillable

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