T78.070 vs T78.071
T78.070 (Anaphylactic reaction due to milk and dairy products with tolerance to baked milk) compared with T78.071 (Anaphylactic reaction due to milk and dairy products with reactivity to baked milk), from the official CMS tabular data. Do not report these codes together: the official tabular list marks them Excludes1.
Can these codes be reported together?
No — do not report together. T78.070 carries an Excludes1 note covering T78.071: “Anaphylactic reaction due to milk and dairy products with reactivity to baked milk (T78.071)”
Sole exception: when the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).
No — do not report together. T78.071 carries an Excludes1 note covering T78.070: “Anaphylactic reaction due to milk and dairy products with tolerance to baked milk (T78.070)”
Sole exception: when the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).
Side by side
| T78.070Anaphylactic reaction due to milk and dairy products with tolerance to baked milk | T78.071Anaphylactic reaction due to milk and dairy products with reactivity to baked milk | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing status | Non-billable header | Non-billable header |
| Classification | S00-T88 — Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (S00-T88) | S00-T88 — Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (S00-T88) |
| Definition | Anaphylactic reaction due to milk and dairy products with tolerance to baked milk is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (T78.070). | Anaphylactic reaction due to milk and dairy products with reactivity to baked milk is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (T78.071). |
| 7th character | The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T78 | The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T78 |
Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2026). Not billing advice; verify sequencing rules for the encounter. All data sources