Z70.1

Z70.1: Counseling related to patient's sexual behavior and orientation

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z70.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for counseling related to patient's sexual behavior and orientation. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Patient concerned regarding impotence
Patient concerned regarding non-responsiveness
Patient concerned regarding promiscuity
Patient concerned regarding sexual orientation

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z70.1

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on Z70: Counseling related to sexual attitude, behavior and orientation

contraceptive or procreative counseling (Z30-Z31)

Other codes that can never be billed with Z70.1

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

Z63.0Problems in relationship with spouse or partner

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

Z70.1 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A57130Billing and Coding: Psychiatric Codes

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Counseling›impotence
Counseling›promiscuity
Impotence›counseling
Counseling›sex, sexual›behavior or orientation
Counseling›sex, sexual›non-responsiveness

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.