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What code do you use when ordering a drug screen for gabapentin use. It is prescribed for for Type 2 DM w/neuropathy

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What code do you use when ordering a drug screen for gabapentin use. It is prescribed for for Type 2 DM w/neuropathy
 
Drug screen? Why would they be 'screening' the patient for a drug that has been prescribed? If you mean that they are testing the patient to assess whether or not the drug level is therapeutic (which would not be a screening) then you could use Z51.81 - Encounter for therapeutic drug level monitoring, with Z79.899 - Other long term (current) drug therapy as a secondary code. If they are concerned about toxicity or possible abuse, then that would be something different. I guess it would all depend on the documentation.
 
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