Z79.8 Other long term (current) drug therapy

Non-billable header with 6 child codes.

Applies from Z79 Long term (current) drug therapy

Includes

• long term (current) drug use for prophylactic purposes

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)

Codes under Z79.8

• Z79.81 Long term (current) use of agents affecting estrogen receptors and estrogen levels
• Z79.82 Long term (current) use of aspirin
• Z79.83 Long term (current) use of bisphosphonates
• Z79.84 Long term (current) use of oral hypoglycemic drugs
• Z79.85 Long-term (current) use of injectable non-insulin antidiabetic drugs
• Z79.89 Other long term (current) drug therapy

Code annotations containing back-references to Z79.8

Back-references to Z79

• Code Also: Z51.81 Encounter for therapeutic drug level monitoring ("any long-term (current) drug therapy (Z79.-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: Z92.2 Personal history of drug therapy ("long term (current) drug therapy (Z79.-)")

Nearby codes

• Z79.632 Long term (current) use of antitumor antibiotic
• Z79.633 Long term (current) use of mitotic inhibitor
• Z79.634 Long term (current) use of topoisomerase inhibitor
• Z79.64 Long term (current) use of myelosuppressive agent
• Z79.69 Long term (current) use of other immunomodulators and immunosuppressants
• Z79.8 Other long term (current) drug therapy (this code)
• Z79.81 Long term (current) use of agents affecting estrogen receptors and estrogen levels
• Z79.810 Long term (current) use of selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs)
• Z79.811 Long term (current) use of aromatase inhibitors
• Z79.818 Long term (current) use of other agents affecting estrogen receptors and estrogen levels
• Z79.82 Long term (current) use of aspirin