ICD-10 diagnosis code
Z71 Persons encountering health services for other counselling and medical advice, not elsewhere classified
Z71 is the ICD-10 code for Persons encountering health services for other counselling and medical advice, not elsewhere classified. It is a three-character category divided into 10 subcodes; use the subcode whenever the record supports that level of detail. It belongs to the block Z70–Z76 (Persons encountering health services in other circumstances) in Chapter XXI, Factors influencing health status and contact with health services.
- Code type
- Category (3 characters)
- Chapter
- XXI · Z00–Z99
- Classification
- WHO ICD-10, 2019 version
What Z71 excludes
Conditions that look similar but belong under another code.
Subcodes of Z71
- Z71.0Person consulting on behalf of another person
- Z71.1Person with feared complaint in whom no diagnosis is made
- Z71.2Person consulting for explanation of investigation findings
- Z71.3Dietary counselling and surveillance
- Z71.4Alcohol abuse counselling and surveillance
- Z71.5Drug abuse counselling and surveillance
- Z71.6Tobacco abuse counselling
- Z71.7Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] counselling
- Z71.8Other specified counselling
- Z71.9Counselling, unspecified
Z71 in national editions
Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.
DZ71Personer i kontakt med sundhedsvæsenet mhp. rådgivning og lægelig vejledning IKA
Z71Muualla luokittamaton yhteydenotto terveyspalvelujen tuottajiin neuvoja ja lääketieteellisiä ohjeita varten
Z71Personen, die das Gesundheitswesen zum Zwecke anderer Beratung oder ärztlicher Konsultation in Anspruch nehmen, anderenorts nicht klassifiziert
Z71Sujets en contact avec les services de santé pour d'autres conseils et avis médicaux, non classés ailleurs
Z71personen die in contact komen met gezondheidszorg voor overige
Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.
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