Z71.51
Z71.51: Drug abuse counseling and surveillance of drug abuser
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Z71.51 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for drug abuse counseling and surveillance of drug abuser. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Z71.51 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes2 inherited from the categories above Z71.51
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
Z71.51 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56645Billing and Coding: Controlled Substance Monitoring and Drugs of Abuse Testing
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Counseling›drug abuser
- Drug›abuse counseling and surveillance
- Surveillance›drug abuse
- Abuse›drug NEC›counseling and surveillance
- Counseling›substance abuse›drug
- Dependence›drug NEC›counseling and surveillance
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.