Category: Z71 - Persons encountering health services for other counseling and medical advice, not elsewhere classified

 Chapter Notes

 Z71

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

contraceptive or procreation counseling (Z30-Z31)

sex counseling (Z70.-)

 Z71.0

Person encountering health services to consult on behalf of another person

Person encountering health services to seek advice or treatment for non-attending third party

anxiety (normal) about sick person in family (Z63.7)

expectant (adoptive) parent(s) pre-birth pediatrician visit (Z76.81)

 Z71.1

Person with feared health complaint in whom no diagnosis is made

Person encountering health services with feared condition which was not demonstrated

Person encountering health services in which problem was normal state

'Worried well'

medical observation for suspected diseases and conditions proven not to exist (Z03.-)

 Z71.2

Person consulting for explanation of examination or test findings

 Z71.3

Dietary counseling and surveillance

Use additional code for any associated underlying medical condition

Use additional code to identify body mass index (BMI), if known (Z68.-)

 Z71.4

Alcohol abuse counseling and surveillance

Use additional code for alcohol abuse or dependence (F10.-)

 Z71.41

Alcohol abuse counseling and surveillance of alcoholic

 Z71.42

Counseling for family member of alcoholic

Counseling for significant other, partner, or friend of alcoholic

 Z71.5

Drug abuse counseling and surveillance

Use additional code for drug abuse or dependence (F11-F16, F18-F19)

 Z71.51

Drug abuse counseling and surveillance of drug abuser

 Z71.52

Counseling for family member of drug abuser

Counseling for significant other, partner, or friend of drug abuser

 Z71.6

Tobacco abuse counseling

Use additional code for nicotine dependence (F17.-)

 Z71.7

Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] counseling

 Z71.8

Other specified counseling

counseling for contraception (Z30.0-)

 Z71.81

Spiritual or religious counseling

 Z71.82

Exercise counseling

 Z71.83

Encounter for nonprocreative genetic counseling

counseling for procreative genetics (Z31.5)

counseling for procreative management (Z31.6)

 Z71.84

Encounter for health counseling related to travel

Encounter for health risk and safety counseling for (international) travel

Code also, if applicable, encounter for immunization (Z23)

encounter for administrative examination (Z02.-)

encounter for other special examination without complaint, suspected or reported diagnosis (Z01.-)

 Z71.85

Encounter for immunization safety counseling

Encounter for vaccine product safety counseling

Code also, if applicable, encounter for immunization (Z23)

Code also, if applicable, immunization not carried out (Z28.-)

encounter for health counseling related to travel (Z71.84)

 Z71.87

Encounter for pediatric-to-adult transition counseling

Code also chronic condition, if applicable, such as:

autism spectrum disorder (F84.0)

congenital malformations of the circulatory system (Q20-Q28)

cystic fibrosis (E84-)

sickle-cell disorder (D57-)

 Z71.88

Encounter for counseling for socioeconomic factors

 Z71.89

Other specified counseling

 Z71.9

Counseling, unspecified

Encounter for medical advice NOS