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Version 2024
Non-Billable Code

2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Z71

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

ICD-10-CM Code:
Z71
ICD-10 Code for:
Persons encntr health serv for oth cnsl and med advice, NEC
Is Billable?
Not Valid for Submission
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Code Classification

  • Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
    (Z00–Z99)
    • Persons encountering health services in other circumstances
      (Z69-Z76)
      • Persons encountering health services for other counseling and medical advice, not elsewhere classified
        (Z71)

Z71 is a non-specific and non-billable diagnosis code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of persons encountering health services for other counseling and medical advice, not elsewhere classified. The code is not specific and is NOT valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. Category or Header define the heading of a category of codes that may be further subdivided by the use of 4th, 5th, 6th or 7th characters.

Specific Coding Applicable to Persons encntr health serv for oth cnsl and med advice, NEC

Non-specific codes like Z71 require more digits to indicate the appropriate level of specificity. Consider using any of the following ICD-10-CM codes with a higher level of specificity when coding for persons encntr health serv for oth cnsl and med advice, nec:

  • Use Z71.0 for Person encountering health services to consult on behalf of another person - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Z71.1 for Person with feared health complaint in whom no diagnosis is made - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Z71.2 for Person consulting for explanation of examination or test findings - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Z71.3 for Dietary counseling and surveillance - BILLABLE CODE

  • Z71.4 for Alcohol abuse counseling and surveillance - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Z71.41 for Alcohol abuse counseling and surveillance of alcoholic - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Z71.42 for Counseling for family member of alcoholic - BILLABLE CODE

  • Z71.5 for Drug abuse counseling and surveillance - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Z71.51 for Drug abuse counseling and surveillance of drug abuser - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Z71.52 for Counseling for family member of drug abuser - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Z71.6 for Tobacco abuse counseling - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Z71.7 for Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] counseling - BILLABLE CODE

  • Z71.8 for Other specified counseling - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Z71.81 for Spiritual or religious counseling - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Z71.82 for Exercise counseling - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Z71.83 for Encounter for nonprocreative genetic counseling - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Z71.84 for Encounter for health counseling related to travel - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Z71.85 for Encounter for immunization safety counseling - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Z71.87 for Encounter for pediatric-to-adult transition counseling - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Z71.88 for Encounter for counseling for socioeconomic factors - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Z71.89 for Other specified counseling - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Z71.9 for Counseling, unspecified - BILLABLE CODE

Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries

The following annotation back-references are applicable to this diagnosis code. The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10-CM codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with coding notes and guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more.


Type 2 Excludes

Type 2 Excludes
A type 2 excludes note represents "Not included here". An excludes2 note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition represented by the code, but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When an Excludes2 note appears under a code, it is acceptable to use both the code and the excluded code together, when appropriate.
  • contraceptive or procreation counseling Z30 Z31
  • sex counseling Z70

Code History

  • FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
  • FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
  • FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
  • FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
  • FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
  • FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
  • FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
  • FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
  • FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.