ICD-10-CM › Z00-Z99 › Z77-Z99 › Z79.8 Other long term (current) drug therapy › Z79.84
Z79.84
Long term (current) use of oral hypoglycemic drugs
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 2017 to now.
- FY2017 Added to the code set Long term (current) use of oral hypoglycemic drugs
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 > oral > antidiabetic
- Long-term > oral > hypoglycemic
- Therapy > drug, long-term > oral antidiabetic
- Therapy > drug, long-term > oral hypoglycemic
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Z79.81 | Long term (current) use of agents affecting estrogen receptors and estrogen levels | Not billable |
| Z79.82 | Long term (current) use of aspirin | Valid |
| Z79.83 | Long term (current) use of bisphosphonates | Valid |
| Z79.85 | Long-term (current) use of injectable non-insulin antidiabetic drugs | Valid |
| Z79.89 | Other long term (current) drug therapy | Not billable |