Z79.0

Z79.0: Long term (current) use of anticoagulants and antithrombotics/antiplatelets

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Z79.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for long term (current) use of anticoagulants and antithrombotics/antiplatelets. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist

The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.

long term (current) use of aspirin (Z79.82)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z79.0

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on Z79: Long term (current) drug therapy

drug abuse and dependence (F11-F19)
drug use complicating pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium (O99.32-)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead Z79.0

2 child codes. Green means billable.