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ICD-10 code Z79

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- Z00-Z99
Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
- Z77-Z99
Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status

Z79

Long term (current) drug therapy

ICD-10 code Z79 for Long term (current) drug therapy

Includes: long term (current) drug use for prophylactic purposes
Code also any therapeutic drug level monitoring (Z51.81)
Excludes2: drug abuse and dependence (F11-F19)
drug use complicating pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium (O99.32-)
Z79.0
Long term (current) use of anticoagulants and antithrombotics/antiplatelets
Z79.1
Long term (current) use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAID)
Z79.2
Long term (current) use of antibiotics
Z79.3
Long term (current) use of hormonal contraceptives
Z79.4
Long term (current) use of insulin
Z79.5
Long term (current) use of steroids
Z79.8
Other long term (current) drug therapy
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ICD-10 International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision
ICD-10

ICD-10 is the 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD), a medical classification list by the World Health Organization (WHO).

It contains codes for diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury or diseases.

ATC

The Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) Classification System is used for the classification of active ingredients of drugs according to the organ or system on which they act and their therapeutic, pharmacological and chemical properties.

It is controlled by the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology (WHOCC).

DDD

The defined daily dose (DDD) is a statistical measure of drug consumption, defined by the World Health Organization (WHO).

It is used to standardize the comparison of drug usage between different drugs or between different health care environments.

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