Medication Management for Substance Abuse Treatment, Methadone Maintenance

ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2014 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.

FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Medication Management for Substance Abuse Treatment, Methadone Maintenance

What this code says

Each character is read in its own position, so the same letter means different things in different places. Definitions are CMS's own.

3. Root operation Medication Management

Monitoring and adjusting the use of replacement medications for the treatment of addiction

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
HZ80ZZZ	Medication Management for Substance Abuse Treatment, Nicotine Replacement	Valid
HZ82ZZZ	Medication Management for Substance Abuse Treatment, Levo-alpha-acetyl-methadol (LAAM)	Valid
HZ83ZZZ	Medication Management for Substance Abuse Treatment, Antabuse	Valid
HZ84ZZZ	Medication Management for Substance Abuse Treatment, Naltrexone	Valid
HZ85ZZZ	Medication Management for Substance Abuse Treatment, Naloxone	Valid
HZ86ZZZ	Medication Management for Substance Abuse Treatment, Clonidine	Valid
HZ87ZZZ	Medication Management for Substance Abuse Treatment, Bupropion	Valid
HZ88ZZZ	Medication Management for Substance Abuse Treatment, Psychiatric Medication	Valid
HZ89ZZZ	Medication Management for Substance Abuse Treatment, Other Replacement Medication	Valid

At a glance

Code: HZ81ZZZ
System: ICD-10-PCS
Status: Valid
Valid: FY2016 onwards
In the code set: FY2016 onwards
Part of: HZ8

Where this code sits

Section H Substance Abuse Treatment
Body system HZ None
Category HZ8 Substance Abuse Treatment, Medication Management
This code HZ81ZZZ Medication Management for Substance Abuse Treatment, Methadone Maintenance

What each character means

H Section Substance Abuse Treatment
Z Body system None
8 Root operation Medication Management
1 Qualifier Methadone Maintenance
Z Qualifier None
Z Qualifier None
Z Qualifier None

Source

ICD-10-PCS FY2027 code set, published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Effective October 1, 2026.

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