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Medication Use Codes in Children If a child with Type 2 diabetes is taking insulin or oral medications long-term, assign the appropriate Z-codes: Z79.4 Long-term insulin use Z79.84 Long-term oral antidiabetic medications These codes apply regardless of the patients age, as long as long-term therapy is documented
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Individual Difference Measures Sex: Status as male or female was assessed with item wording that is not consistent with new federal directives on terminology (the survey was administered in 2022, prior to those directives)
Abstract Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) is a polypeptide hormone that has a high degree of structural similarity to human proinsulin