Z71.5 — Drug abuse counseling and surveillance
Z71.5 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for drug abuse counseling and surveillance. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
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Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z71.5
Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of Z71.5, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.
Risk adjustment
Z71.5 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.
Code history
Z71.5 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.
Code to one of these instead Z71.5
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z71. If Z71.5 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- Z71.0Person encountering health services to consult on behalf of another person
- 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
- Z71.6Tobacco abuse counseling
- Z71.7Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] counseling
- Z71.8Other specified counseling
- Z71.9Counseling, unspecified
Questions about Z71.5
- Is Z71.5 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. Z71.5 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does Z71.5 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).