Z91.012: Allergy to eggs

No longer billable · FY2026

Not billable: this is a header. Use one of the more specific codes below.

• No longer billable from October 1, 2025: it became a header for more specific codes: Z91.0120, Z91.0121, Z91.0122.

Code breakdown

Coding notes

Excludes2 (from Z91.01)

• food additives allergy status (Z91.02)

Excludes2 (from Z91.0)

• Allergy status to drugs, medicaments, and biological substances (Z88.-)

Excludes2 (from Z91)

• contact with and (suspected) exposures hazardous to health (Z77.-)
• exposure to pollution and other problems related to physical environment (Z77.1-)
• female genital mutilation status (N90.81-)
• occupational exposure to risk factors (Z57.-)
• personal history of physical injury and trauma (Z87.81, Z87.82-)

Codes under Z91.012

• Z91.0120 Allergy to eggs, unspecified
• Z91.0121 Allergy to eggs with tolerance to baked egg
• Z91.0122 Allergy to eggs with reactivity to baked egg

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