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Z79.624
Long term (current) use of inhibitors of nucleotide synthesis
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 2023 to now.
- FY2023 Added to the code set Long term (current) use of inhibitors of nucleotide synthesis
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.
- Long-term > azathioprine
- Long-term > mycophenolate
- Long-term > purine synthesis inhibitors
- Long-term > inhibitors of nucleotide synthesis
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Z79.620 | Long term (current) use of immunosuppressive biologic | Valid |
| Z79.621 | Long term (current) use of calcineurin inhibitor | Valid |
| Z79.622 | Long term (current) use of Janus kinase inhibitor | Valid |
| Z79.623 | Long term (current) use of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor | Valid |