Z71.0
Z71.0: Person encountering health services to consult on behalf of another person
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Z71.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for person encountering health services to consult on behalf of another person. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Z71.0 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes2: not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Person encountering health services to seek advice or treatment for non-attending third party
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z71.0
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
Z71.0 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A57065Billing and Coding: Outpatient Psychiatry and Psychology Services
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Counseling›for non-attending third party
- Person›consulting on behalf of another
- Admission›counseling›nonattending third party
- Counseling›medical›on behalf of another
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under Z71
- Z71.1Person with feared health complaint in whom no diagnosis is made
- Z71.2Person consulting for explanation of examination or test findings
- Z71.3Dietary counseling and surveillance
- Z71.4Alcohol abuse counseling and surveillance
- Z71.5Drug abuse counseling and surveillance
- Z71.6Tobacco abuse counseling
- Z71.7Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] counseling
- Z71.8Other specified counseling
- Z71.9Counseling, unspecified