T78.119

Other adverse food reaction due to milk and dairy products with baked milk tolerance/reactivity, unspecified

Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30 FY2026–2027 only

This is the unspecified option. 2 more specific codes sit alongside it. Worth checking whether the documentation supports one of them.

Exclusions 12 never code together

T78.1code

Excludes1

anaphylactic reaction or shock due to adverse food reaction (T78.0-)T78.0-
anaphylactic reaction due to food (T78.0-)T78.0-
bacterial food borne intoxications (A05.-)A05.-

Excludes2

allergic and dietetic gastroenteritis and colitis (K52.29)K52.29
allergic rhinitis due to food (J30.5)J30.5
dermatitis due to food in contact with skin (L23.6, L24.6, L25.4)L23.6 L24.6 L25.4
dermatitis due to ingested food (L27.2)L27.2
food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (K52.21)K52.21
food protein-induced enteropathy (K52.22)K52.22

T78code

Excludes2

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

S00-T88chapter

Excludes2

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

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

7th character 3

A initial encounter

D subsequent encounter

S sequela

Instructional notes 4

T78.1code

Use additional code

code to identify the type of reaction, if applicable

S00-T88chapter

Notes

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.

Use additional code

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

Index entries leading here 1

Allergy, allergic (reaction) (to) T78.40
- milk protein Z91.0110
  - adverse reaction NEC T78.119
- dairy products T78.119

Alongside this code 2 same parent — T78.11

T78.110 Oth ad rcts d/t milk and dair prod w tolerance to bkd milk category T78.111 Oth ad food rct d/t milk and dair prod with rct to bkd milk category

Subordinate codes 3

T78.119A Oth ad rct d/t milk /dair prod w bkd milk tol/rct,unsp,init T78.119D Oth ad rct d/t milk /dair prod w bkd milk tol/rct,unsp,subs T78.119S Oth ad rct d/t milk /dair prod w bkd milk tol/rct,unsp,sqla

Medications 1

MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.

Additional references

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Risk adjustment

Maps to no condition category in any loaded model.

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This code

Billable: no
Code set: FY2026
Parent: T78.11
Block: T07-T88
Siblings: 2
Subordinate: 3

Present FY2026–FY2027.