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Question Anaphylactic reaction to peanuts

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Patient was brought to ED due to anaphylactic reaction to eating peanuts. Her symptoms included vomiting, SOB, throat swelling sensation, nausea and abdominal pain. Review of systems showed all of this plus wheezing and itching. Patient received Benadryl and nebulizer treatments in ambulance on the way to ED, and epi injection, additional neb treatments and Zofran, Pepcid and additional Benadryl in the ED, with almost immediate improvement after epi. Patient watched for 2 hours in ED then sent home with EpiPen and steroid prescriptions.
I'm coding T7801XA (Anaphylactic reaction due to peanuts, initial encounter); do I need to include additional codes for the manifestation symptoms (N/V, SOB, Abdo pain, wheezing, itching) as well? I looked in the coding guidelines but didn't see anything specific about this.
 
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