2025
ICD-10-CM
Diagnosis
Code

Z79.4 Long term (current) use of insulin

  • Billable
  • POA Exempt
  • 2016–2025

Z79.4 is a billable/specific and POA-exempt diagnosis code from the 2025 ICD-10-CM used to classify the following condition: Long term (current) use of insulin.

Type 2 excludes

  • Long-term (current) use of injectable non-insulin antidiabetic drugs (Z79.85)

  • Long term (current) use of oral antidiabetic drugs (Z79.84)

  • Long term (current) use of oral hypoglycemic drugs (Z79.84)

Versions

  1. 2025

    No changes

  2. 2024

    No changes

  3. 2023

    Code changed

    • Type 2 excludes

        • long term (current) use of oral antidiabetic drugs (Z79.84)
        • long term (current) use of oral hypoglycemic drugs (Z79.84)
        • long-term (current) use of injectable non-insulin antidiabetic drugs (Z79.85)
        • long term (current) use of oral antidiabetic drugs (Z79.84)
        • long term (current) use of oral hypoglycemic drugs (Z79.84)
  4. 2022

    Code changed

    • Type 1 excludes

        • long term (current) use of oral antidiabetic drugs (Z79.84)
        • long term (current) use of oral hypoglycemic drugs (Z79.84)
    • Type 2 excludes

        • long term (current) use of oral antidiabetic drugs (Z79.84)
        • long term (current) use of oral hypoglycemic drugs (Z79.84)
  5. 2021

    Code changed

    • Type 1 excludes

        • long term (current) use of oral antidiabetic drugs (Z79.84)
        • long term (current) use of oral hypoglycemic drugs (Z79.84)
  6. 2020

    No changes

  7. 2019

    No changes

  8. 2018

    No changes

  9. 2017

    No changes

  10. 2016

    New code