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Z71.52

Z71.52: Counseling for family member of drug abuser

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z71.52 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for counseling for family member of drug abuser. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Counseling for significant other, partner, or friend of drug abuser

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z71.52

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on Z71: Persons encountering health services for other counseling and medical advice, not elsewhere classified

  • contraceptive or procreation counseling (Z30-Z31)
  • sex counseling (Z70.-)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Counseling›drug abuser›family member

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Z71.5

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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