2025
ICD-10-CM
Diagnosis
Code

Z79.891 Long term (current) use of opiate analgesic

  • Billable
  • POA Exempt
  • 2016–2025

Z79.891 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 opiate analgesic.

Inclusion term

  • Long term (current) use of methadone for pain management

Type 1 excludes

  • Methodone use NOS (F11.9-)

  • Use of methodone for treatment of heroin addiction (F11.2-)

Versions

  1. 2025

    No changes

  2. 2024

    No changes

  3. 2023

    No changes

  4. 2022

    No changes

  5. 2021

    No changes

  6. 2020

    No changes

  7. 2019

    No changes

  8. 2018

    No changes

  9. 2017

    Code changed

    • Type 1 excludes

        • methodone use NOS (F11.2-)
        • use of methodone for treatment of heroin addiction (F11.2-)
        • methodone use NOS (F11.9-)
        • use of methodone for treatment of heroin addiction (F11.2-)
  10. 2016

    New code