ICD-10-CM › Z00-Z99 › Z77-Z99 › Z79 Long term (current) drug therapy › Z79.3
Long term (current) use of hormonal contraceptives
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Long term (current) use of hormonal contraceptives
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from Z79 Long term (current) drug therapy
Excludes2 - not included here
- drug abuse and dependence (F11-F19)
- drug use complicating pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium (O99.32-)
Code also
- any therapeutic drug level monitoring (Z51.81)
Includes
- long term (current) drug use for prophylactic purposes
Inherited from the Z77-Z99 section Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status (Z77-Z99)
Code also
- any follow-up examination (Z08-Z09)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Drug > therapy > long term
- Long-term > contraceptive, oral
- Long-term > oral > contraceptive
- Long-term > birth control pill or patch
- Therapy > drug, long-term > oral contraceptive
- Therapy > drug, long-term > contraceptive, oral
- Therapy > drug, long-term > birth control pill or patch
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Z79.0 | Long term (current) use of anticoagulants and antithrombotics/antiplatelets | Not billable |
| Z79.1 | Long term (current) use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAID) | Valid |
| Z79.2 | Long term (current) use of antibiotics | Valid |
| Z79.4 | Long term (current) use of insulin | Valid |
| Z79.5 | Long term (current) use of steroids | Not billable |
| Z79.6 | Long term (current) use of immunomodulators and immunosuppressants | Not billable |
| Z79.8 | Other long term (current) drug therapy | Not billable |