Valid for Submission
Z79.84 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of long term (current) use of oral hypoglycemic drugs. The code is valid for the year 2020 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code Z79.84 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like diabetic on insulin and oral treatment or diabetic on oral treatment or long-term current use of oral hypoglycemic medication. The code is exempt from present on admission (POA) reporting for inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals.
The code Z79.84 describes a circumstance which influences the patient's health status but not a current illness or injury. The code is unacceptable as a principal diagnosis.
| ICD-10: | Z79.84 |
| Short Description: | Long term (current) use of oral hypoglycemic drugs |
| Long Description: | Long term (current) use of oral hypoglycemic drugs |
Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries
The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10 codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more. The following references are applicable to the code Z79.84:
Inclusion Terms
Inclusion TermsThese terms are the conditions for which that code is to be used. The terms may be synonyms of the code title, or, in the case of "other specified" codes, the terms are a list of the various conditions assigned to that code. The inclusion terms are not necessarily exhaustive. Additional terms found only in the Alphabetic Index may also be assigned to a code.
- Long term (current) use of oral antidiabetic drugs
Type 2 Excludes
Type 2 ExcludesA type 2 excludes note represents "Not included here". An excludes2 note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition represented by the code, but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When an Excludes2 note appears under a code, it is acceptable to use both the code and the excluded code together, when appropriate.
- long term current use of insulin Z79.4
Index to Diseases and Injuries
The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for the code Z79.84 are found in the index:
- - Long-term (current) (prophylactic) drug therapy (use of)
- - oral
- - antidiabetic - Z79.84
- - hypoglycemic - Z79.84
- - oral
Code Edits
The Medicare Code Editor (MCE) detects and reports errors in the coding of claims data. The following ICD-10 Code Edits are applicable to this code:
- Unacceptable principal diagnosis - There are selected codes that describe a circumstance which influences an individual’s health status but not a current illness or injury, or codes that are not specific manifestations but may be due to an underlying cause. These codes are considered unacceptable as a principal diagnosis.
Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Diabetic on insulin and oral treatment
- Diabetic on oral treatment
- Long-term current use of oral hypoglycemic medication
Diagnostic Related Groups
The ICD-10 code Z79.84 is grouped in the following groups for version MS-DRG V37.0 What are Diagnostic Related Groups?
The Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs) are a patient classification scheme which provides a means of relating the type of patients a hospital treats. The DRGs divides all possible principal diagnoses into mutually exclusive principal diagnosis areas referred to as Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC). applicable from 10/01/2019 through 09/30/2020.
Present on Admission (POA)
Z79.84 is exempt from POA reporting - The Present on Admission (POA) indicator is used for diagnosis codes included in claims involving inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals. POA indicators must be reported to CMS on each claim to facilitate the grouping of diagnoses codes into the proper Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG). CMS publishes a listing of specific diagnosis codes that are exempt from the POA reporting requirement. Review other POA exempt codes here .
CMS POA Indicator Options and Definitions
| POA Indicator Code | POA Reason for Code | CMS will pay the CC/MCC DRG? |
|---|---|---|
| Y | Diagnosis was present at time of inpatient admission. | YES |
| N | Diagnosis was not present at time of inpatient admission. | NO |
| U | Documentation insufficient to determine if the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission. | NO |
| W | Clinically undetermined - unable to clinically determine whether the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission. | YES |
| 1 | Unreported/Not used - Exempt from POA reporting. | NO |
Replacement Code
Z7984 replaces the following previously assigned ICD-10 code(s):
- Z79.899 - Other long term (current) drug therapy
Convert Z79.84 to ICD-9
- V58.69 - Long-term use meds NEC (Approximate Flag)
Code Classification
Code History
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020