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Z79.85

Billable

Long-term (current) use of injectable non-insulin antidiabetic 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 injectable non-insulin diabetes medications, such as GLP-1 agonists or SGLT2 inhibitors given by injection.

Coding Tips

  • Document the specific injectable medication (semaglutide, dulaglutide, liraglutide, etc.)
  • Distinguish from insulin therapy, which has separate coding

Excludes 2 — Not included here, may code separately

  • long term (current) use of insulin (Z79.4)
  • long term (current) use of oral hypoglycemic drugs (Z79.84)

Code Hierarchy

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