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Category · FY2027

Z71 Persons encountering health services for other counseling and medical advice, not elsewhere classified

  • Header · not billable

Z71 is not billable. The category heads 19 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 10 subdivisions.

Index → code

  • Worried well → Z71.1
  • Counseling (for) → Z71.9
  • Feared complaint unfounded → Z71.1

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. Z71 Persons encountering health services for other counseling and medical advice, not elsewhere classified
Billable codes
19
Subdivisions
10
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
85

Codes in Z71

  1. Z71.0
    Person encountering health services to consult on behalf of another person
    BillableExempt
    Inclusion terms 1, Excludes2 2

    Inclusion terms

    • Person encountering health services to seek advice or treatment for non-attending third party

    Excludes2

    • anxiety (normal) about sick person in family (Z63.7) Z63.7
    • expectant (adoptive) parent(s) pre-birth pediatrician visit (Z76.81) Z76.81
  2. Z71.1
    Person with feared health complaint in whom no diagnosis is made
    BillableExempt
    Inclusion terms 3, Excludes1 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Person encountering health services with feared condition which was not demonstrated
    • Person encountering health services in which problem was normal state
    • 'Worried well'

    Excludes1

    • medical observation for suspected diseases and conditions proven not to exist (Z03.-) Z03
  3. Z71.2
    Person consulting for explanation of examination or test findings
    BillableExempt
  4. Z71.3
    Dietary counseling and surveillance
    BillableExempt
    Use additional code 2

    Use additional code

    • code for any associated underlying medical condition
    • code to identify body mass index (BMI), if known (Z68.-) Z68
  5. Z71.4
    Alcohol abuse counseling and surveillance
    Header
    Use additional code 1

    Use additional code

    • code for alcohol abuse or dependence (F10.-) F10
  6. Z71.41
    Alcohol abuse counseling and surveillance of alcoholic
    BillableExempt
  7. Z71.42
    Counseling for family member of alcoholic
    BillableExempt
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Counseling for significant other, partner, or friend of alcoholic
  8. Z71.5
    Drug abuse counseling and surveillance
    Header
    Use additional code 1

    Use additional code

    • code for drug abuse or dependence (F11-F16, F18-F19) F11 F16 F18 F19
  9. Z71.51
    Drug abuse counseling and surveillance of drug abuser
    BillableExempt
  10. Z71.52
    Counseling for family member of drug abuser
    BillableExempt
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Counseling for significant other, partner, or friend of drug abuser
  11. Z71.6
    Tobacco abuse counseling
    BillableExempt
    Use additional code 1

    Use additional code

    • code for nicotine dependence (F17.-) F17
  12. Z71.7
    Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] counseling
    BillableExempt
  13. Z71.8
    Other specified counseling
    Header
    Excludes2 1

    Excludes2

    • counseling for contraception (Z30.0-) Z30.0
  14. Z71.81
    Spiritual or religious counseling
    BillableExempt
  15. Z71.82
    Exercise counseling
    BillableExempt
  16. Z71.83
    Encounter for nonprocreative genetic counseling
    BillableExempt
    Excludes1 2

    Excludes1

    • counseling for procreative genetics (Z31.5) Z31.5
    • counseling for procreative management (Z31.6) Z31.6
  17. Z71.84
    Encounter for health counseling related to travel
    BillableExempt
    Inclusion terms 1, Excludes2 2, Code also 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Encounter for health risk and safety counseling for (international) travel

    Excludes2

    • encounter for administrative examination (Z02.-) Z02
    • encounter for other special examination without complaint, suspected or reported diagnosis (Z01.-) Z01

    Code also

    • , if applicable, encounter for immunization (Z23) Z23
  18. Z71.85
    Encounter for immunization safety counseling
    BillableExempt
    Inclusion terms 1, Excludes1 1, Code also 2

    Inclusion terms

    • Encounter for vaccine product safety counseling

    Excludes1

    • encounter for health counseling related to travel (Z71.84) Z71.84

    Code also

    • , if applicable, encounter for immunization (Z23) Z23
    • , if applicable, immunization not carried out (Z28.-) Z28
  19. Z71.87
    Encounter for pediatric-to-adult transition counseling
    BillableExempt
    Code also 5

    Code also

    • chronic condition, if applicable, such as:
    • autism spectrum disorder (F84.0) F84.0
    • congenital malformations of the circulatory system (Q20-Q28) Q20 Q28
    • cystic fibrosis (E84.-) E84
    • sickle-cell disorder (D57.-) D57
  20. Z71.88
    Encounter for counseling for socioeconomic factors
    BillableExempt
  21. Z71.89
    Other specified counseling
    BillableExempt
  22. Z71.9
    Counseling, unspecified
    BillableExempt
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Encounter for medical advice NOS

Sources of each column.

Instructions

At Z71

Excludes2

  • contraceptive or procreation counseling (Z30-Z31) Z30 Z31
  • sex counseling (Z70.-) Z70

Notes that also apply

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

Index entries

  • Feared complaint unfounded → Z71.1
  • Worried well → Z71.1
  • Counseling (for) → Z71.9
  • Counseling (for)for non-attending third party → Z71.0
  • Person (with)consulting on behalf of another → Z71.0
  • Problem (with) (related to)none (feared complaint unfounded) → Z71.1
  • Explanation ofinvestigation finding → Z71.2
  • Admission (for)dietary surveillance and counseling → Z71.3
  • Colitis (acute) (catarrhal) (chronic) (noninfective) (hemorrhagic)dietary counseling and surveillance (for) → Z71.3
  • Counseling (for)dietary → Z71.3
  • Diabetes, diabetic (mellitus) (sugar)dietary counseling and surveillance → Z71.3
  • Dietarysurveillance and counseling → Z71.3
  • Gastritis (simple)dietary counseling and surveillance → Z71.3
  • Hypercholesterolemia (essential) (primary) (pure)dietary counseling and surveillance → Z71.3
  • Hypoglycemia (spontaneous)dietary counseling and surveillance → Z71.3
  • Obesitydietary counseling and surveillance → Z71.3
  • Supervision (of)dietary (for) → Z71.3
  • Surveillance (of) (for)dietary → Z71.3
  • Alcohol, alcoholic, alcohol-inducedcounseling and surveillance → Z71.41
  • Counseling (for)alcohol abuser → Z71.41
  • Surveillance (of) (for)alcohol abuse → Z71.41
  • Counseling (for)drug abuser → Z71.51
  • Drugabuse counseling and surveillance → Z71.51
  • Surveillance (of) (for)drug abuse → Z71.51
  • Counseling (for)tobacco use → Z71.6
  • Counseling (for)human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) → Z71.7
  • Consultationreligious → Z71.81
  • Consultationspiritual → Z71.81
  • Counseling (for)religious → Z71.81
  • Counseling (for)spiritual → Z71.81
  • Counseling (for)exercise → Z71.82
  • Counseling (for)safety for travel (international) → Z71.84
  • Counseling (for)travel (international) → Z71.84
  • Counseling (for)immunization safety → Z71.85
  • Counseling (for)vaccine product safety → Z71.85
  • Counseling (for)pediatric-to-adult transition → Z71.87
  • Counseling (for)socioeconomic factors → Z71.88
  • Consanguinitycounseling → Z71.89
  • Consultationspecified reason NEC → Z71.89
  • Counseling (for)consanguinity → Z71.89

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