Z70.8
Z70.8 — Other sex counseling
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Z70.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other sex counseling. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Encounter for sex education
Risk adjustment
Z70.8 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
How Z70.8 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to Z70.8.
- Sex›education
- Counseling›sex, sexual›specified reason NEC
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z70. If Z70.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- Z70.0Counseling related to sexual attitude
- Z70.1Counseling related to patient's sexual behavior and orientation
- Z70.2Counseling related to sexual behavior and orientation of third party
- Z70.3Counseling related to combined concerns regarding sexual attitude, behavior and orientation
- Z70.9Sex counseling, unspecified
Questions about Z70.8
- Is Z70.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. Z70.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does Z70.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99), in the block Persons encountering health services in other circumstances (Z69-Z76).