Coding and coverage · ICD-10-CM
Z71 Persons encountering health services for other counseling and medical advice, not elsewhere classified
Report one of the more specific codes below.
Codes under this one
- Z71.0 Person encountering health services to consult on behalf of another person
- Z71.1 Person with feared health complaint in whom no diagnosis is made
- Z71.2 Person consulting for explanation of examination or test findings
- Z71.3 Dietary counseling and surveillance
- Z71.4 Alcohol abuse counseling and surveillanceHeader
- Z71.5 Drug abuse counseling and surveillanceHeader
- Z71.6 Tobacco abuse counseling
- Z71.7 Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] counseling
- Z71.8 Other specified counselingHeader
- Z71.9 Counseling, unspecified
Instructional notes
Chapter 21
Notes
- Z codes represent reasons for encounters. A corresponding procedure code must accompany a Z code if a procedure is performed. Categories Z00-Z99 are provided for occasions when circumstances other than a disease, injury or external cause classifiable to categories A00-Y89 are recorded as 'diagnoses' or 'problems'. This can arise in two main ways:
- (a) When a person who may or may not be sick encounters the health services for some specific purpose, such as to receive limited care or service for a current condition, to donate an organ or tissue, to receive prophylactic vaccination (immunization), or to discuss a problem which is in itself not a disease or injury.
- (b) When some circumstance or problem is present which influences the person's health status but is not in itself a current illness or injury.
Chapter 21: Factors influencing health status and contact with health services · Z69-Z76 Persons encountering health services in other circumstances (Z69-Z76)
Source: ICD-10-CM FY 2027 code descriptions and tabular list (CMS and CDC National Center for Health Statistics), effective 2026-10-01 through 2027-09-30 · CMS ICD-10 files. HCC mapping: CMS-HCC V28, payment year 2027. As of 2026-11-04.
Coverage and payment depend on the claim details; confirm with the Medicare Administrative Contractor.