ICD-10-CM Code Z71
Persons encountering health services for other counseling and medical advice, not elsewhere classified
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code Z71 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the ten child codes of Z71 that describes the diagnosis 'persons encntr health serv for oth cnsl and med advice, nec' in more detail.
- Z71 Persons encountering health services for other counseling and medical advice, not elsewhere classified NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE Z71.0 Person encountering health services to consult on behalf of another person
- BILLABLE Z71.1 Person with feared health complaint in whom no diagnosis is made
- BILLABLE Z71.2 Person consulting for explanation of examination or test findings
- BILLABLE Z71.3 Dietary counseling and surveillance
- BILLABLE Z71.6 Tobacco abuse counseling
- BILLABLE Z71.7 Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] counseling
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- Z71.81 Spiritual or religious counseling BILLABLE
- Z71.89 Other specified counseling BILLABLE
- BILLABLE Z71.9 Counseling, unspecified
Coding Notes for Z71 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Type-2 Excludes:
Type-2 Excludes
Type-2 Excludes means the excluded conditions are different, although they may appear similar. A patient may have both conditions, but one does not include the other. Excludes 2 means "not coded here." - Contraceptive or procreation counseling - instead, use Section Z30-Z31
- Sex counseling - instead, use code Z70.-
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'Z71 - Persons encountering health services for other counseling and medical advice, not elsewhere classified'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code Z71. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.