ICD-10-CM category
Z71 Persons encountering health services for other counselling and medical advice, not elsewhere classified
Z71 is a category, not a billable code. Report one of the 19 complete codes below.
Codes in Z71
- Z71.0Person encountering health services to consult on behalf of another person
- Z71.1Person with feared health complaint in whom no diagnosis is made
- Z71.2Person consulting for explanation of examination or test findings
- Z71.3Dietary counseling and surveillance
- Z71.41Alcohol abuse counseling and surveillance of alcoholic
- Z71.42Counseling for family member of alcoholic
- Z71.51Drug abuse counseling and surveillance of drug abuser
- Z71.52Counseling for family member of drug abuser
- Z71.6Tobacco abuse counseling
- Z71.7Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] counseling
- Z71.81Spiritual or religious counseling
- Z71.82Exercise counseling
- Z71.83Encounter for nonprocreative genetic counseling
- Z71.84Encounter for health counseling related to travel
- Z71.85Encounter for immunization safety counseling
- Z71.87Encounter for pediatric-to-adult transition counseling
- Z71.88Encounter for counseling for socioeconomic factors
- Z71.89Other specified counseling
- Z71.9Counseling, unspecified
Outside the US? Z71 in the international WHO ICD-10 lists its inclusion and exclusion notes.
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ICD-10-CM is developed by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and is based on the WHO ICD-10. Codes and titles are reproduced unchanged from the FY2026 code list (effective 1 October 2025). Their use here does not imply endorsement by CDC, HHS or the U.S. Government. Changes effective on or after 1 October 2026 may not be reflected yet; check the current release at cdc.gov or cms.gov before submitting claims.
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