Z79.62
Z79.62 — Long term (current) use of immunosuppressant
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Z79.62 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for long term (current) use of immunosuppressant. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
Z79.62 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead Z79.62
5 child codes. Green means billable.
- Z79.620Long term (current) use of immunosuppressive biologic
- Z79.621Long term (current) use of calcineurin inhibitor
- Z79.622Long term (current) use of Janus kinase inhibitor
- Z79.623Long term (current) use of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor
- Z79.624Long term (current) use of inhibitors of nucleotide synthesis
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z79.6. If Z79.62 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- Z79.60Long term (current) use of unspecified immunomodulators and immunosuppressants
- Z79.61Long term (current) use of immunomodulator
- Z79.63Long term (current) use of chemotherapeutic agent
- Z79.64Long term (current) use of myelosuppressive agent
- Z79.69Long term (current) use of other immunomodulators and immunosuppressants
Questions about Z79.62
- Is Z79.62 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. Z79.62 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does Z79.62 sit in the tabular list?
- Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99), in the block Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status (Z77-Z99).