Z79.3UpcomingBillable / specificExempt from present-on-admission reporting

Long term (current) use of hormonal contraceptives

Z77-Z99 · Inherited instructions

Code also

any follow-up examination (Z08-Z09)

Z79 · Inherited instructions

Code also

any therapeutic drug level monitoring (Z51.81)

Excludes 2 · 2

Z79 · Long term (current) drug therapy

Excludes 2

drug abuse and dependence (F11-F19)
drug use complicating pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium (O99.32-)

Claims & coverage

Coverage depends on the payer, service and applicable policy. A billable code does not guarantee payment.

When ICD-10-CM is required

For US diagnosis claims covered by HIPAA, ICD-10-CM is required from October 1, 2015.

Use the service date for outpatient/professional claims and the discharge date for hospital inpatient claims. Earlier encounters use ICD-9-CM; each individual code must also be valid for the applicable date.

Official coding guidelines → · CMS ↗

Check Medicare coverage ↗

First observed · 2015-10-01

Code history

Latest recorded change · FY2021

ChangedUnchanged

FY2021

Effective from 2020-10-01

Inherited rules changed

Long term (current) use of hormonal contraceptives

Billable diagnosis code

CDC/NCHS · FY2021

All editions (19)

All editions	Effective from	Code history
FY2016	2015-10-01	First observed
FY2017	2016-10-01	Inherited rules changed
FY2018	2017-10-01	No tabular change
FY2019	2018-10-01	No tabular change
FY2020	2019-10-01	No tabular change
FY2020 · April	2020-04-01	No tabular change
FY2021	2020-10-01	Inherited rules changed
FY2021 · 01-01	2021-01-01	No tabular change
FY2022	2021-10-01	No tabular change
FY2022 · 04-01	2022-04-01	No tabular change
FY2023	2022-10-01	No tabular change
FY2023 · 04-01	2023-04-01	No tabular change
FY2024	2023-10-01	No tabular change
FY2024 · 04-01	2024-04-01	No tabular change
FY2025	2024-10-01	No tabular change
FY2025 · 04-01	2025-04-01	No tabular change
FY2026	2025-10-01	No tabular change
FY2026 · April	2026-04-01	No tabular change
FY2027	2026-10-01	No tabular change

Historical ICD-9 mappings · 2018

Historical mapping only; not an automatic code substitution.

V58.69 · Approximate

CDC/NCHS · GEM 2018

Code-level instructions

Inclusion terms

Long term (current) use of birth control pill or patch

Inherited instructions

Chapters 21 · Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99)

Note

Z codes represent reasons for encounters. A corresponding procedure code must accompany a Z code if a procedure is performed. Categories Z00-Z99 are provided for occasions when circumstances other than a disease, injury or external cause classifiable to categories A00-Y89 are recorded as 'diagnoses' or 'problems'. This can arise in two main ways:
(a) When a person who may or may not be sick encounters the health services for some specific purpose, such as to receive limited care or service for a current condition, to donate an organ or tissue, to receive prophylactic vaccination (immunization), or to discuss a problem which is in itself not a disease or injury.
(b) When some circumstance or problem is present which influences the person's health status but is not in itself a current illness or injury.

Z77-Z99 · Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status (Z77-Z99)

Code also

any follow-up examination (Z08-Z09)

Z79 · Long term (current) drug therapy

Includes

long term (current) drug use for prophylactic purposes

Excludes 2

drug abuse and dependence (F11-F19)
drug use complicating pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium (O99.32-)

Code also

any therapeutic drug level monitoring (Z51.81)

Official index references (6)

Long-term(current) (prophylactic) drug therapy (use of) (3)

Therapy (3)

Therapy › drug, long-term(current) (prophylactic) › birth control pill or patchDisease index
Therapy › drug, long-term(current) (prophylactic) › contraceptive, oralDisease index
Therapy › drug, long-term(current) (prophylactic) › oral contraceptiveDisease index

Related codes

Other entries in the same category; these are not automatic substitutes.

Code	Description	Category · further specificity required
Z79.0	Long term (current) use of anticoagulants and antithrombotics/antiplatelets	Category · further specificity required
Z79.1	Long term (current) use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAID)	Billable / specific
Z79.2	Long term (current) use of antibiotics	Billable / specific
Z79.4	Long term (current) use of insulin	Billable / specific
Z79.5	Long term (current) use of steroids	Category · further specificity required
Z79.6	Long term (current) use of immunomodulators and immunosuppressants	Category · further specificity required
Z79.8	Other long term (current) drug therapy	Category · further specificity required

Official titles and instructions are preserved in their source language. Official sources ↗

References from other codes (1)

Z92.0 · Personal history of contraception

Excludes 1 · long term (current) use of contraception (Z79.3)

Z79.3UpcomingBillable / specificExempt from present-on-admission reporting

Long term (current) use of hormonal contraceptives

Z77-Z99 · Inherited instructions

Code also

any follow-up examination (Z08-Z09)

Z79 · Inherited instructions

Code also

any therapeutic drug level monitoring (Z51.81)

Excludes 2 · 2

Z79 · Long term (current) drug therapy

Excludes 2

drug abuse and dependence (F11-F19)
drug use complicating pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium (O99.32-)

Claims & coverage

Coverage depends on the payer, service and applicable policy. A billable code does not guarantee payment.

When ICD-10-CM is required

For US diagnosis claims covered by HIPAA, ICD-10-CM is required from October 1, 2015.

Official coding guidelines → · CMS ↗

Check Medicare coverage ↗

First observed · 2015-10-01

Code history

Latest recorded change · FY2021

ChangedUnchanged

FY2021

Effective from 2020-10-01

Inherited rules changed

Long term (current) use of hormonal contraceptives

Billable diagnosis code

CDC/NCHS · FY2021

All editions (19)

All editions	Effective from	Code history
FY2016	2015-10-01	First observed
FY2017	2016-10-01	Inherited rules changed
FY2018	2017-10-01	No tabular change
FY2019	2018-10-01	No tabular change
FY2020	2019-10-01	No tabular change
FY2020 · April	2020-04-01	No tabular change
FY2021	2020-10-01	Inherited rules changed
FY2021 · 01-01	2021-01-01	No tabular change
FY2022	2021-10-01	No tabular change
FY2022 · 04-01	2022-04-01	No tabular change
FY2023	2022-10-01	No tabular change
FY2023 · 04-01	2023-04-01	No tabular change
FY2024	2023-10-01	No tabular change
FY2024 · 04-01	2024-04-01	No tabular change
FY2025	2024-10-01	No tabular change
FY2025 · 04-01	2025-04-01	No tabular change
FY2026	2025-10-01	No tabular change
FY2026 · April	2026-04-01	No tabular change
FY2027	2026-10-01	No tabular change

Historical ICD-9 mappings · 2018

Historical mapping only; not an automatic code substitution.

V58.69 · Approximate

CDC/NCHS · GEM 2018

Code-level instructions

Inclusion terms

Long term (current) use of birth control pill or patch

Inherited instructions

Chapters 21 · Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99)

Note

Z codes represent reasons for encounters. A corresponding procedure code must accompany a Z code if a procedure is performed. Categories Z00-Z99 are provided for occasions when circumstances other than a disease, injury or external cause classifiable to categories A00-Y89 are recorded as 'diagnoses' or 'problems'. This can arise in two main ways:
(a) When a person who may or may not be sick encounters the health services for some specific purpose, such as to receive limited care or service for a current condition, to donate an organ or tissue, to receive prophylactic vaccination (immunization), or to discuss a problem which is in itself not a disease or injury.
(b) When some circumstance or problem is present which influences the person's health status but is not in itself a current illness or injury.

Z77-Z99 · Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status (Z77-Z99)

Code also

any follow-up examination (Z08-Z09)

Z79 · Long term (current) drug therapy

Includes

long term (current) drug use for prophylactic purposes

Excludes 2

drug abuse and dependence (F11-F19)
drug use complicating pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium (O99.32-)

Code also

any therapeutic drug level monitoring (Z51.81)

Official index references (6)

Long-term(current) (prophylactic) drug therapy (use of) (3)

Therapy (3)

Therapy › drug, long-term(current) (prophylactic) › birth control pill or patchDisease index
Therapy › drug, long-term(current) (prophylactic) › contraceptive, oralDisease index
Therapy › drug, long-term(current) (prophylactic) › oral contraceptiveDisease index

Related codes

Other entries in the same category; these are not automatic substitutes.

Code	Description	Category · further specificity required
Z79.0	Long term (current) use of anticoagulants and antithrombotics/antiplatelets	Category · further specificity required
Z79.1	Long term (current) use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAID)	Billable / specific
Z79.2	Long term (current) use of antibiotics	Billable / specific
Z79.4	Long term (current) use of insulin	Billable / specific
Z79.5	Long term (current) use of steroids	Category · further specificity required
Z79.6	Long term (current) use of immunomodulators and immunosuppressants	Category · further specificity required
Z79.8	Other long term (current) drug therapy	Category · further specificity required

Official titles and instructions are preserved in their source language. Official sources ↗

References from other codes (1)

Z92.0 · Personal history of contraception

Excludes 1 · long term (current) use of contraception (Z79.3)