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ICD-10-CM Current in FY 2027

Z79

Long term (current) drug therapy

Release
FY 2027
Effective

Official Coding Notes

Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files.

Includes

long term (current) drug use for prophylactic purposes

Excludes2

drug abuse and dependence (F11-F19)

Excludes2

drug use complicating pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium ( O99.32- )

Code Also

any therapeutic drug level monitoring ( Z51.81 )

More Specific Codes

8 codes under Z79

Version History

How Z79 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.

  1. FY 2027 Effective

    Current

    Long term (current) drug therapy

  2. FY 2026 Effective

    Unchanged

    Long term (current) drug therapy

Codes whose official notes reference Z79

Data Source

Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.

Release
FY 2027
Effective
Source file
icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip

Official ICD-10-CM source files (opens in a new tab)

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