Are you being coded by your physician w/ a dx of opioid use disorder (F11.--), when you are a compliant chronic care patient under physician supervision? Z79.891
This might be why you're having trouble getting Rxs filled.
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This might be why you're having trouble getting Rxs filled.
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One of these things is NOT like the other -
✔️F11.-- mild, moderate, severe or remission assumes your use of pain medications is a substance disorder;
✔️Z79.891 recognizes that you are reliant on the long term use of opioids to treat 2 or more long term chronic medical conditions
✔️F11.-- mild, moderate, severe or remission assumes your use of pain medications is a substance disorder;
✔️Z79.891 recognizes that you are reliant on the long term use of opioids to treat 2 or more long term chronic medical conditions
Z79.891 is a billable non hospital encounter code that places you into the chronic care category with a host associated services including but not limited to medication management, case management, referrals, and more.
Your reliance on long term use of opioids for pain mgmt Z79.891 (chronic disease mgmt) does not require you to be treated the same as someone who seeks help for substance abuse support or MAT F11--, unless that's the service you seek.
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Keep in mind, you may be getting terrible support for medication management and need assistance to make it more effective. You might be dependent on medications in combination that aren't working for you.
Ask your Doc to consult with a PharmD trained in pain, work as a #TEAM.
Ask your Doc to consult with a PharmD trained in pain, work as a #TEAM.
Using a Z79.891 code, upon commencing case management for chronic care, your doc can seek consults and make referrals to make your plan of care more effective.
