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Z91.02

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Food additives allergy status

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

A patient has a documented allergy to food additives such as preservatives, colorings, or other chemical substances added to food.

Coding Tips

  • •Specify which food additive when possible (e.g., sulfites, tartrazine, MSG) in the clinical documentation
  • •This differs from allergies to the food itself

Code Hierarchy

└Z91Personal risk factors, not elsewhere classified└Z91.0Allergy status, other than to drugs and biological substances└Z91.02Food additives allergy status
└Z91.02Food additives allergy status

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