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Z79.891

Long term (current) use of opiate analgesic

Billable

Code Hierarchy

Z79Z79.8Z79.89Z79.891

Chapter: 21. Factors influencing health status and contact with health services

Section: Z77-Z99 - Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status

Coding Guidelines

Inclusion Terms

  • Long term (current) use of methadone for pain management

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with Z79.891

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

Related Codes

Z79.890Billable

Hormone replacement therapy

Z79.899Billable

Other long term (current) drug therapy

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