AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2021 Issue 4; Z Codes Update

Z Codes Update

There are eight new Z codes created as noted below.StatusCode Z91.014, Allergy to mammalian meats, was created to track food allergy to meats such as beef, lamb, pork and other red meats. Tracking food allergy to red meat and other products derived from mammals is important in alpha-gal syndrome, a recently identified type of food allergy. In the United States, the condition most often begins when a Lone Star tick bites a person and transmits the alpha-gal sugar molecule into the person’s body. In some individuals, the tick bite triggers an immune system reaction that...

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