Z79.02

Z79.02: Long term (current) use of antithrombotics/antiplatelets

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z79.02 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for long term (current) use of antithrombotics/antiplatelets. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z79.02 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z79.02

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

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

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

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.

Medicare coverage

Z79.02 is named in 5 Medicare coverage policies: 5 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A53060Billing and Coding: Ophthalmology: Extended Ophthalmoscopy and Fundus Photography
A56625Billing and Coding: Echocardiography
A58801Billing and Coding: Pharmacogenomics Testing
A58812Billing and Coding: Pharmacogenomics Testing

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Long-term›antiplatelet
Long-term›antithrombotics
Therapy›drug, long-term›antiplatelet
Therapy›drug, long-term›antithrombotics

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Z79.0

Z79.01Long term (current) use of anticoagulants