T78.070DUpcomingBillable / specificExempt from present-on-admission reporting

Anaphylactic reaction due to milk and dairy products with tolerance to baked milk, subsequent encounter

Chapters 19 · Inherited instructions

Use additional code

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

T66-T78 · Inherited instructions

Code also

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

T78 · Inherited instructions

A — initial encounter

D — subsequent encounter

S — sequela

T78.070 · Inherited instructions

Excludes 1

Anaphylactic reaction due to milk and dairy products with reactivity to baked milk (T78.071)

Excludes 2 · 3

Chapters 19 · Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)

Excludes 2

birth trauma (P10-P15)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

T78 · Adverse effects, not elsewhere classified

Excludes 2

complications of surgical and medical care NEC (T80-T88)

Claims & coverage

Coverage depends on the payer, service and applicable policy. A billable code does not guarantee payment.

When ICD-10-CM is required

For US diagnosis claims covered by HIPAA, ICD-10-CM is required from October 1, 2015.

Use the service date for outpatient/professional claims and the discharge date for hospital inpatient claims. Earlier encounters use ICD-9-CM; each individual code must also be valid for the applicable date.

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First observed · 2025-10-01

Code history

Latest recorded change · FY2026 · April

ChangedUnchanged

FY2026 · April

Effective from 2026-04-01

Inherited rules changed

Anaphylactic reaction due to milk and dairy products with tolerance to baked milk, subsequent encounter

Billable diagnosis code

CDC/NCHS · FY2026 · April

All editions (3)

All editions	Effective from	Code history
FY2026	2025-10-01	Added
FY2026 · April	2026-04-01	Inherited rules changed
FY2027	2026-10-01	No tabular change

Code-level instructions

The official Tabular List has no additional instructions at this code level.

Review the instructions inherited from its parent categories below. Inherited instructions ↓

Review the official coding guidelines ↗

Inherited instructions

Chapters 19 · Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)

Excludes 2

birth trauma (P10-P15)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Use additional code

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

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
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.

T66-T78 · Other and unspecified effects of external causes (T66-T78)

Code also

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

T78 · Adverse effects, not elsewhere classified

Excludes 2

complications of surgical and medical care NEC (T80-T88)

Seventh character

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T78

A — initial encounter

D — subsequent encounter

S — sequela

T78.0 · Anaphylactic reaction due to food

Inclusion terms

Anaphylactic reaction due to adverse food reaction
Anaphylactic shock or reaction due to nonpoisonous foods
Anaphylactoid reaction due to food

T78.070 · Anaphylactic reaction due to milk and dairy products with tolerance to baked milk

Excludes 1

Anaphylactic reaction due to milk and dairy products with reactivity to baked milk (T78.071)

Official conversion history

Historical assignments from the CDC conversion table support data retrieval. They do not authorize substituting a previous code for the current code.

Release dates 2025-10-01

Previous assignment: T78.07XD

Related codes

Other entries in the same category; these are not automatic substitutes.

Code	Description	Category · further specificity required
T78.070A	Anaphylactic reaction due to milk and dairy products with tolerance to baked milk, initial encounter	Billable / specific
T78.070S	Anaphylactic reaction due to milk and dairy products with tolerance to baked milk, sequela	Billable / specific

Official titles and instructions are preserved in their source language. Official sources ↗

T66-T78 · Inherited instructions

Code also

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

Claims & coverage

Coverage depends on the payer, service and applicable policy. A billable code does not guarantee payment.

When ICD-10-CM is required

For US diagnosis claims covered by HIPAA, ICD-10-CM is required from October 1, 2015.

Official coding guidelines → · CMS ↗

Check Medicare coverage ↗

All editions

Effective from

Code history

FY2026

2025-10-01

Added

FY2026 · April

2026-04-01

Inherited rules changed

FY2027

2026-10-01

No tabular change

Inherited instructions

Chapters 19 · Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)

Excludes 2

birth trauma (P10-P15)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Use additional code

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

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
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.

T66-T78 · Other and unspecified effects of external causes (T66-T78)

Code also

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

T78 · Adverse effects, not elsewhere classified

Excludes 2

complications of surgical and medical care NEC (T80-T88)

Seventh character

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T78

A — initial encounter

D — subsequent encounter

S — sequela

T78.0 · Anaphylactic reaction due to food

Inclusion terms

Anaphylactic reaction due to adverse food reaction
Anaphylactic shock or reaction due to nonpoisonous foods
Anaphylactoid reaction due to food

T78.070 · Anaphylactic reaction due to milk and dairy products with tolerance to baked milk

Excludes 1

Anaphylactic reaction due to milk and dairy products with reactivity to baked milk (T78.071)

Related codes

Other entries in the same category; these are not automatic substitutes.

Code	Description	Category · further specificity required
T78.070A	Anaphylactic reaction due to milk and dairy products with tolerance to baked milk, initial encounter	Billable / specific
T78.070S	Anaphylactic reaction due to milk and dairy products with tolerance to baked milk, sequela	Billable / specific

Official titles and instructions are preserved in their source language. Official sources ↗