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Z79.84

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Long term (current) use of oral hypoglycemic drugs

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

Patient is currently taking oral diabetes medications (pills) to help control blood sugar levels.

Coding Tips

  • •Use this code for oral antidiabetic drugs like metformin, sulfonylureas, and DPP-4 inhibitors
  • •Always code with the appropriate diabetes diagnosis code (E11 for type 2, E10 for type 1)

Excludes 2 — Not included here, may code separately

  • long-term (current) use of injectable non-insulin antidiabetic drugs (Z79.85)
  • long term (current) use of insulin (Z79.4)

Code Hierarchy

└Z79Long term (current) drug therapy└Z79.8Other long term (current) drug therapy└Z79.84Long term (current) use of oral hypoglycemic drugs
└Z79.84Long term (current) use of oral hypoglycemic drugs

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