Z79.2

Z79.2: Long term (current) use of antibiotics

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z79.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for long term (current) use of antibiotics. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z79.2 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z79.2

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.

Medicare coverage

Z79.2 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A57189Billing and Coding: Serum Magnesium
A57434Billing and Coding: Vestibular and Audiologic Function Studies

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Long-term›antibiotics
Prophylactic›administration of›antibiotics, long-term
Therapy›drug, long-term›antibiotics

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.