Z71.84
Z71.84: Encounter for health counseling related to travel
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Z71.84 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for health counseling related to travel. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Z71.84 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.
Code also
Both codes may be needed to describe the encounter fully. Sequencing depends on the reason for the visit.
- , if applicable, encounter for immunization (Z23)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Encounter for health risk and safety counseling for (international) travel
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z71.84
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with Z71.84
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- Z71.85Encounter for immunization safety counseling
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Counseling›safety for travel(international)
- Counseling›travel(international)
- Counseling›health›risk for travel(international)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under Z71.8
- Z71.81Spiritual or religious counseling
- Z71.82Exercise counseling
- Z71.83Encounter for nonprocreative genetic counseling
- Z71.85Encounter for immunization safety counseling
- Z71.87Encounter for pediatric-to-adult transition counseling
- Z71.88Encounter for counseling for socioeconomic factors
- Z71.89Other specified counseling