Polypharmacy ICD-10-CM Codes

As of now, there are no specific ICD codes with polypharmy in their names.

Healthcare professionals can refer to the Beers Criteria and the STOPP/START Criteria to deduce which medications have the highest risk of resulting in adverse effects when interacting with other medications, supplements, food, and beverages.

Healthcare professionals can curb/manage polypharmacy by deprescribing medication. They will deprescribe the number of medications that their patients should take. They do so by identifying which ones are not beneficial to their patients, especially in the long run, and then removing those from their treatment plan.