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ICD-10-CM category Z71: Persons encountering health services for other counseling and medical advice, not elsewhere classified

Category Z71 is a heading in chapter 21 (Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99)), section Persons encountering health services in other circumstances (Z69-Z76). It is not billable; report one of the 19 complete codes below.

Notes that apply to every Z71 code

Excludes2 (not part of this condition, may be coded together)
  • contraceptive or procreation counseling (Z30-Z31)
  • sex counseling (Z70.-)

Billable codes in Z71

Billable FY2027 ICD-10-CM codes in category Z71
CodeDescription
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
Z71.41Alcohol 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
Z71.6Tobacco abuse counseling
Z71.7Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] counseling
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
Z71.9Counseling, unspecified

Sources

Every figure on this page is taken from the CMS publications below, as released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Projection built 2026-10-10. Verify against the primary file before billing or contracting decisions. The reference methodology explains how each figure is computed from these files.

Codes from the FY2027 ICD-10-CM files (all chapters). Report the code that matches the documentation and the Official Guidelines; this list is not coding advice.