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ICD-10-CM Current in FY 2027

Z79.85

Long-term (current) use of injectable non-insulin antidiabetic drugs

Release
FY 2027
Effective
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Hierarchy

Where Z79.85 sits in the official hierarchy. Each level is the code it is classified under.

  1. Z79 Long term (current) drug therapy
  2. Z79.8 Parent Other long term (current) drug therapy
  3. Z79.85 This code Long-term (current) use of injectable non-insulin antidiabetic drugs

Official Coding Notes

Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files. Notes labelled as inherited are declared on a parent code and apply here too.

Includes

long term (current) drug use for prophylactic purposes

Inherited from Z79 — Long term (current) drug therapy

Excludes2

long term (current) use of insulin ( Z79.4 )

Excludes2

long term (current) use of oral hypoglycemic drugs ( Z79.84 )

Excludes2

drug abuse and dependence (F11-F19)

Inherited from Z79 — Long term (current) drug therapy

Excludes2

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

Inherited from Z79 — Long term (current) drug therapy

Code Also

any therapeutic drug level monitoring ( Z51.81 )

Inherited from Z79 — Long term (current) drug therapy

Version History

How Z79.85 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.

  1. FY 2027 Effective

    Current

    Long-term (current) use of injectable non-insulin antidiabetic drugs

  2. FY 2026 Effective

    Unchanged

    Long-term (current) use of injectable non-insulin antidiabetic drugs

Related Codes

Other codes under Z79.8

Codes whose official notes reference Z79.85

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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