Z71 — Persons encountering health services for other counseling and medical advice, not elsewhere classified
Is Z71 billable?
No — Z71 is a non-billable header code.
Z71 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 19 billable codes beneath Z71.
Billable codes under this header
- 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
- Z71.6Tobacco abuse counseling
- Z71.7Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] counseling
- Z71.9Counseling, unspecified
- 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
- Z71.81Spiritual 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 at a glance
| Code | Z71 |
|---|---|
| Description | Persons encountering health services for other counseling and medical advice, not elsewhere classified |
| Billable | No — header code |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Excludes2 — not included here
The conditions below are not part of Z71, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, Z71 and the excluded code may both be reported.
What codes fall under Z71? (10)
- 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
- Z71.4Alcohol abuse counseling and surveillancenot billable
- Z71.5Drug abuse counseling and surveillancenot billable
- Z71.6Tobacco abuse counseling
- Z71.7Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] counseling
- Z71.8Other specified counselingnot billable
- Z71.9Counseling, unspecified
How long has Z71 existed?
Z71 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.