Is Z70.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. Z70.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does Z70.9 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).

Z70.9

Z70.9 — Sex counseling, unspecified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z70.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for sex counseling, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Risk adjustment

Z70.9 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 Z70.9 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 Z70.9.

Counseling›sex, sexual(related to)

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Z70. If Z70.9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about Z70.9

Is Z70.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. Z70.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does Z70.9 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).