DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

Z70 Counseling related to sexual attitude, behavior and orientation

  • Header · not billable

Z70 is not billable. The category heads 6 billable codes in FY2027: the 6 codes directly below it.

Index → code

  • Sexeducation → Z70.8
  • Counseling (for)impotence → Z70.1
  • Counseling (for)promiscuity → Z70.1

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 21 Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99)
  2. Z69-Z76 Persons encountering health services in other circumstances (Z69-Z76)
  3. Z70 Counseling related to sexual attitude, behavior and orientation
Billable codes
6
Subdivisions
6
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
13

Codes in Z70

  1. Z70.0
    Counseling related to sexual attitude
    BillableExempt
  2. Z70.1
    Counseling related to patient's sexual behavior and orientation
    BillableExempt
    Inclusion terms 4

    Inclusion terms

    • Patient concerned regarding impotence
    • Patient concerned regarding non-responsiveness
    • Patient concerned regarding promiscuity
    • Patient concerned regarding sexual orientation
  3. Z70.2
    Counseling related to sexual behavior and orientation of third party
    BillableExempt
    Inclusion terms 3

    Inclusion terms

    • Advice sought regarding sexual behavior and orientation of child
    • Advice sought regarding sexual behavior and orientation of partner
    • Advice sought regarding sexual behavior and orientation of spouse
  4. Z70.3
    Counseling related to combined concerns regarding sexual attitude, behavior and orientation
    BillableExempt
  5. Z70.8
    Other sex counseling
    BillableExempt
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Encounter for sex education
  6. Z70.9
    Sex counseling, unspecified
    BillableExempt

Sources of each column.

Instructions

At Z70

Includes

  • encounter for mental health services for sexual attitude, behavior and orientation

Excludes2

  • contraceptive or procreative counseling (Z30-Z31) Z30 Z31

Notes that also apply

Chapter 21 instructions (Notes 3): printed on the chapter 21 page.

Index entries

  • Counseling (for)impotence → Z70.1
  • Counseling (for)promiscuity → Z70.1
  • Impotence (sexual)counseling → Z70.1
  • Sexeducation → Z70.8
  • Counseling (for)sex, sexual (related to) → Z70.9
  • Counseling (for)sex, sexual (related to)attitude(s) → Z70.0
  • Counseling (for)sex, sexual (related to)behavior or orientation → Z70.1
  • Counseling (for)sex, sexual (related to)non-responsiveness → Z70.1
  • Counseling (for)for non-attending third partyrelated to sexual behavior or orientation → Z70.2
  • Counseling (for)sex, sexual (related to)on behalf of third party → Z70.2
  • Counseling (for)sex, sexual (related to)combined concerns → Z70.3
  • Counseling (for)sex, sexual (related to)specified reason NEC → Z70.8
  • Counseling (for)medical (for)on behalf of anotherrelated to sexual behavior or orientation → Z70.2

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