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Z79.891

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Long term (current) use of opiate analgesic

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

What This Code Means

Patient is currently taking opioid pain medications on a long-term basis for chronic pain management.

Coding Tips

  • •Document the specific opioid and dosage when possible
  • •Always pair with a chronic pain diagnosis code and monitor for opioid use disorder

Excludes 1 — Do NOT code together

  • methodone use NOS (F11.9-)
  • use of methodone for treatment of heroin addiction (F11.2-)

Code Hierarchy

└Z79Long term (current) drug therapy└Z79.8Other long term (current) drug therapy└Z79.89Other long term (current) drug therapy└Z79.891Long term (current) use of opiate analgesic
└Z79.891Long term (current) use of opiate analgesic

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